Elementary Schools in Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District

Summary:

The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District has one elementary school, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School, which serves grades PK-4 and has a total enrollment of 274 students.

Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School stands out as a high-performing institution, with consistently high proficiency rates on state assessments that exceed the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics for 3rd and 4th grades over the past two school years. The school has also ranked in the top third of Iowa elementary schools, with a ranking of 172 out of 576 in the 2024-2025 school year and an even higher ranking of 82 out of 557 the previous year. Additionally, the school has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is performing well above average.

Despite having a relatively high percentage of students from low-income families, with 50.36% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School has been able to achieve strong academic results. This suggests the school is effectively supporting and addressing the needs of its economically disadvantaged students. The school's high spending per student, at $32,082 per student in the 2018-2019 school year, and favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.1 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year, may be contributing factors to its academic success.

District Detail

300 N. 8th Ave. W.
Hartley, IA 51346

(712) 928-3406

SchoolDigger Rank:
138^th of 313 Iowa districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 629

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
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)		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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	400 3rd St NW	Hartley	51346	O'Brien County	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 928-2020	261	22	11.9	50.2%	212 (81.2%)	5 (1.9%)	40 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	70.1	172^nd of 576 public elementary schools	70.1%		78.1	82^nd of 557 public elementary schools	85.3%	90	72.1	90.2	79.1	82.9	$32,082	$769	$31,314

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
South O'Brien Community School District	9.94 mi	2	88^th
Clay Central-Everly Community School District	13.11 mi	1
Spencer Community School District	16.69 mi	5	100^th
Sheldon Community School District	17.45 mi	4	46^th
Okoboji Community School District	18.64 mi	3	115^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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