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Best Public Schools in Shelby County, IA

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Schools

1,877

Students

Districts

Top rankedHarlan Community Middle School75^th of 344 Iowa middle schools

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Smallest classes

ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School 10.1 students per teacher

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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
ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School	Public	6-12	4114 Madison St	Elk Horn	51531	Shelby County	Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 764-4616	184	18	10.1	39.7%	172 (93.5%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	63.7	132^nd of 340 public high schools	61.2%		66.8	107^th of 338 public high schools	68.3%	25				68.0	72.7	68.0	81.0	88.0	81.0				64.0	81.8	68.0	76.2	68.0	61.9		48.0	72.0	$15,108	$422	$14,686
Harlan High School	Public	9-12	2102 Durant	Harlan	51537	Shelby County	Harlan Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 755-3101	486	35	13.8	28.6%	422 (86.8%)	5 (1.0%)	46 (9.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)	68.8	97^th of 340 public high schools	71.5%		68.8	98^th of 338 public high schools	71.0%	1							83.6	78.1	82.7							72.4	77.2	79.1			71.9	$15,572	$187	$15,385
Harlan Community Middle School	Public	6-8	2108 Durant Street	Harlan	51537	Shelby County	Harlan Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 755-3196	335	22	15.4	38.2%	297 (88.7%)	6 (1.8%)	22 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	71.5	75^th of 344 public middle schools	78.2%		75.8	58^th of 337 public middle schools	82.8%	17				76.6	87.9	84.5							84.7	88.8	83.5					74.2		$12,934	$172	$12,761
Harlan Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	2105 Durant St	Harlan	51537	Shelby County	Harlan Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 755-5903	342	22	15.7	41.2%	277 (81.0%)	4 (1.2%)	36 (10.5%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.1%)								(n/a)																						$11,635	$435	$11,198
Harlan Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1401 19th St	Harlan	51537	Shelby County	Harlan Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 755-2725	309	22	14.2	43.4%	255 (82.5%)	5 (1.6%)	28 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.8%)	41.8	387^th of 576 public elementary schools	32.8%		54.9	301^st of 557 public elementary schools	46.0%	86	59.0	76.1	67.9							67.9	68.1	70.8							60.4			$11,853	$464	$11,387
Irwin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	100 Eva Street	Irwin	51446	Shelby County	IKM-Manning Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 782-3126	221	20	11.2	37.1%	208 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)								(n/a)	56.8									88.6												$12,988	$328	$12,660

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