Summary:
The Montezuma Community School District in Iowa is home to one exemplary elementary school, Montezuma Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 229 students. This school has consistently ranked in the top 20% of Iowa elementary schools, earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger in the 2022-2023 school year.
Montezuma Elementary School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, with test scores significantly above state averages across multiple subjects and grade levels. In 2024-2025, 90.9% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 69.8%, and 95.5% were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to the state average of 71.5%. The school's science proficiency rate for 5th graders was also impressive at 81.8%, well above the state average of 64.2%.
While the school has a moderate free/reduced lunch rate of 40.61% in 2023-2024, indicating a moderate level of economic disadvantage among the student population, its academic success suggests that the school is effectively serving students from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.6 in 2023-2024 and high per-student spending of $12,306 in 2018-2019 may contribute to its strong performance by allowing for more personalized instruction and support. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% in 2023-2024, while not alarmingly high, is an area that could be targeted for improvement to ensure all students are consistently attending and engaged in their learning.
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