Elementary Schools in Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District

Summary:

The Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District in Iowa is home to one standout elementary school, Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School. This school consistently outperforms state averages, ranking in the top 28% of Iowa elementary schools and maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School boasts impressive academic achievements, with students scoring well above state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. The school's 5th grade science proficiency rate of 73.6% is significantly higher than the state average of 64.2%. Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio of 12.8 is lower than the state average, indicating smaller class sizes and more individualized attention for students.

While the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% is higher than ideal, the diverse student population, with 34.41% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, suggests the school is effectively serving a range of socioeconomic backgrounds. Overall, Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School stands out as a model of academic excellence within the Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District.

District Detail

1090 Jackson St
Brooklyn, IA 52211-9705

(641) 522-7058

SchoolDigger Rank:
54^th of 313 Iowa districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 568

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1090 Jackson Street	Brooklyn	52211	Poweshiek County	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 522-9268	300	24	12.5	39.7%	274 (91.3%)	3 (1.0%)	18 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	70.9	164^th of 576 public elementary schools	71.5%		61.5	233^rd of 557 public elementary schools	58.2%	69	73.2	88.6	86.8	90.9	80.5	68.6	73.6	87.9	73.6	$12,000	$294	$11,706

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
H-L-V Community School District	7.85 mi	2	149^th
Montezuma Community School District	11 mi	3	70^th
Grinnell-Newburg Community School District	13.71 mi	5	96^th
Belle Plaine Community School District	13.73 mi	2	224^th
South Tama County	17.9 mi	3	289^th

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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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