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Best Public Schools in Madison County, IA

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Schools

3,127

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedEarlham Elementary School49^th of 576 Iowa elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Interstate 35 Elementary School up 80 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Earlham Senior High School 12 students per teacher

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2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISASP English Language Arts (2025)									ISASP Mathematics (2025)									ISASP Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISASP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 9th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 10th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 11th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Earlham Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	535 N Chestnut Ave	Earlham	50072	Madison County	Earlham Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 758-2213	328	27	12.1	20.1%	312 (95.1%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	82.8	49^th of 576 public elementary schools	91.5%		77.7	85^th of 557 public elementary schools	84.7%	36	76.6	90.9	82.6							91.5	92.7	91.3							71.7			$12,602	$589	$12,013
Earlham Senior High School	Public	9-12	535 N Chestnut Ave	Earlham	50072	Madison County	Earlham Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 758-2235	189	16	12.0	15.9%	178 (94.2%)	2 (1.1%)	6 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	78.4	43^rd of 340 public high schools	87.4%		65.9	115^th of 338 public high schools	66.0%	72							83.8	87.0	78.2							81.1	84.8	76.4			87.0	$13,628	$119	$13,509
Earlham Middle School	Public	6-8	535 N Chestnut Ave	Earlham	50072	Madison County	Earlham Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 758-2214	142	8	18.2	13.4%	134 (94.4%)	1 (0.7%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	65.5	115^th of 344 public middle schools	66.6%		63	128^th of 337 public middle schools	62.0%	13				81.8	75.9	87.2							84.1	81.5	81.6					71.1		$13,748	$102	$13,646
Interstate 35 Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	445 East North Street	Truro	50257	Madison County	Interstate 35 Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 765-4901	458	34	13.5	22.9%	432 (94.3%)	3 (0.7%)	15 (3.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	72.6	141^st of 576 public elementary schools	75.5%		63.2	221^st of 557 public elementary schools	60.3%	80	77.4	84.5	81.8	84.7						75.5	84.3	80.0	78.0						80.0			$12,787	$398	$12,388
Interstate 35 High School	Public	7-12	405 E North St	Truro	50257	Madison County	Interstate 35 Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 765-4818	385	27	14.4	20.5%	361 (93.8%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	72.7	70^th of 340 public high schools	79.4%		72.1	79^th of 338 public high schools	76.6%	9					87.0	95.0	92.4	83.9	81.4					85.2	83.3	69.7	67.7	77.1		80.0	85.5	$14,262	$161	$14,100
Winterset Junior High School	Public	7-8	720 Husky Dr	Winterset	50273	Madison County	Winterset Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 462-3336	256	18	14.2	31.3%	239 (93.4%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	52.4	190^th of 344 public middle schools	44.8%		56.5	163^rd of 337 public middle schools	51.6%	27					72.1	78.6								83.1	86.2					61.5		$12,355	$233	$12,122
Winterset Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	404 S 2nd Ave	Winterset	50273	Madison County	Winterset Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 462-1551	488	33	14.8	32.8%	444 (91.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.7%)								(n/a)	66.7									78.4												$13,297	$684	$12,613
Winterset Middle School	Public	4-6	706 West School Street	Winterset	50273	Madison County	Winterset Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 462-3010	351	26	13.5	30.5%	326 (92.9%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.8%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)								(n/a)		78.4	72.2	89.1							80.2	84.3	89.9						69.6			$12,388	$382	$12,006
Winterset Senior High School	Public	9-12	720 Husky Dr	Winterset	50273	Madison County	Winterset Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 462-3320	530	35	15.1	27.7%	495 (93.4%)	3 (0.6%)	18 (3.4%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	69.1	94^th of 340 public high schools	72.4%		55.5	171^st of 338 public high schools	49.4%	77							82.4	83.9	66.2							72.3	83.1	76.3			85.5	$14,615	$252	$14,364

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