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Best Public Schools in Worth County, IA

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931

Students

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Top rankedCentral Springs High School129^th of 340 Iowa high schools

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Northwood-Kensett Elementary up 27 spots statewide this year

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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
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus	Public	PK, KG-3	105 S East St	Manly	50456	Worth County	Central Springs Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 454-3283	143	12	12.1	43.4%	134 (93.7%)	4 (2.8%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)								(n/a)	64.7									88.2												$15,896	$878	$15,018
Central Springs High School	Public	9-12	105 S East St	Manly	50456	Worth County	Central Springs Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 454-2208	236	16	14.6	29.7%	213 (90.3%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (3.0%)	63.9	129^th of 340 public high schools	62.1%		72.6	76^th of 338 public high schools	77.5%	53							96.5	83.1	76.3							80.7	62.7	71.2			62.7	$15,398	$174	$15,225
Northwood-Kensett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 1st Ave North	Northwood	50459	Worth County	Northwood-Kensett Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 324-1127	287	19	15.0	30.0%	262 (91.3%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	50	332^nd of 576 public elementary schools	42.4%		45.6	359^th of 557 public elementary schools	35.5%	27	63.6	61.0	68.6							81.8	82.9	71.4							65.7			$10,614	$468	$10,147
Northwood-Kensett MIddle/High School	Public	6-12	704 7th Street North	Northwood	50459	Worth County	Northwood-Kensett Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 324-2142	265	21	12.8	30.2%	230 (86.8%)	8 (3.0%)	20 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	54.5	182^nd of 340 public high schools	46.5%		61.7	137^th of 338 public high schools	59.5%	45				69.8	74.3	89.2	73.3	86.7	64.3				72.1	77.1	75.7	66.7	76.7	69.0		75.7	70.0	$13,460	$270	$13,190

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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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