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Best Public Schools in Ringgold County, IA

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Schools

694

Students

Districts

Top rankedMount Ayr High School59^th of 340 Iowa high schools

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Biggest riser

Mount Ayr Elementary up 113 spots statewide this year

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Newly ranked this year

Diagonal Junior-Senior High School

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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
Diagonal Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	403 W 2nd Street	Diagonal	50845	Ringgold County	Diagonal Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 734-5331	58	7	8.5	39.7%	58 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																						$15,755	$1,392	$14,363
Diagonal Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	403 W 2nd Street	Diagonal	50845	Ringgold County	Diagonal Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 734-5331	52	5	10.6	44.2%	52 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.8	316^th of 340 public high schools	7.1%					(n/a)				61.5			50.0						53.8			50.0						$16,743	$802	$15,941
Mount Ayr Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	607 E Jefferson	Mount Ayr	50854	Ringgold County	Mount Ayr Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 464-0537	280	23	12.2	41.4%	257 (91.8%)	3 (1.1%)	14 (5.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	72.7	140^th of 576 public elementary schools	75.7%		60.2	253^rd of 557 public elementary schools	54.6%	113	78.7	86.1	73.7							87.2	83.3	76.3							73.7			$17,706	$1,168	$16,538
Mount Ayr High School	Public	6-12	1001 E Columbus St	Mount Ayr	50854	Ringgold County	Mount Ayr Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 464-0510	304	21	14.3	44.7%	278 (91.4%)	2 (0.7%)	13 (4.3%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	74.7	59^th of 340 public high schools	82.6%		69.7	94^th of 338 public high schools	72.2%	35				82.2	80.0	86.7	94.0	81.3	78.6				86.7	88.6	83.3	84.0	81.3	76.2		70.0	68.8	$18,104	$424	$17,680

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Iowa Department of Education.

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