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Iowa School District Rankings

Updated Monday, March 9, 2020, based on the 2018-19 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 319)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
48^th	Adair-Casey Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Adair	Guthrie	0.781	79	31
55^th	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Adel	Dallas	0.763	21	34
208^th	AGWSR Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Ackley	Hardin	0.425		(n/a)
	AHSTW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Avoca	Pottawattamie			(n/a)
47^th	Akron Westfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Akron	Plymouth	0.783	112	65
69^th	Albert City-Truesdale Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Albert City	Buena Vista	0.73	100	31
63^rd	Albia Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Albia	Monroe	0.741	148	85
177^th	Alburnett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Alburnett	Linn	0.473	166	11
202^nd	Alden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Alden	Hardin	0.437	266	64
109^th	Algona Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Algona	Kossuth	0.631	183	74
91^st	Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Waukon	Allamakee	0.667	35	56
273^rd	Alta-Aurelia Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alta	Buena Vista	0.258	219	54
133^rd	Ames Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Ames	Story	0.576	20	113
221^st	Anamosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Anamosa	Jones	0.405	224	3
11^th	Andrew Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Andrew	Jackson	0.917	164	153
20^th	Ankeny Community School District	PK, KG-12	10	2	2	2	Ankeny	Polk	0.879	13	7
110^th	Aplington-Parkersburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Parkersburg	Butler	0.626	172	62
141^st	Ar-We-Va Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Westside	Crawford	0.56	76	65
180^th	Atlantic Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Atlantic	Cass	0.463	137	43
188^th	Audubon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Audubon	Audubon	0.445	55	133
14^th	Ballard Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Huxley	Story	0.905	57	43
57^th	Baxter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Baxter	Jasper	0.759	154	97
164^th	BCLUW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Conrad	Grundy	0.499	238	74
28^th	Bedford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bedford	Taylor	0.862	30	2
135^th	Belle Plaine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Belle Plaine	Benton	0.573	193	58
145^th	Bellevue Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bellevue	Jackson	0.549	123	22
279^th	Belmond-Klemme Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Belmond	Wright	0.25	202	77
255^th	Bennett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bennett	Cedar	0.307		(n/a)
	Benton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Van Horne	Benton			(n/a)
76^th	Bettendorf Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott	0.713	38	38
90^th	Bondurant-Farrar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bondurant	Polk	0.668	113	23
151^st	Boone Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Boone	Boone	0.519	205	54
68^th	Boyden-Hull Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hull	Sioux	0.73	93	25
194^th	Boyer Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunlap	Harrison	0.441		(n/a)
96^th	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Brooklyn	Poweshiek	0.66	151	55
304^th	Burlington Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Burlington	Des Moines	0.142	300	4
183^rd	CAL Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Latimer	Franklin	0.459	282	99
97^th	Calamus-Wheatland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wheatland	Clinton	0.659	122	25
235^th	CAM Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Anita	Cass	0.362	218	17
242^nd	Camanche Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Camanche	Clinton	0.338	156	86
282^nd	Cardinal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eldon	Wapello	0.241	281	1
175^th	Carlisle Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carlisle	Warren	0.476	165	10
128^th	Carroll Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carroll	Carroll	0.579	77	51
50^th	Cedar Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Cedar Falls	Black Hawk	0.778	45	5
245^th	Cedar Rapids Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	6	4	0	Cedar Rapids	Linn	0.332	264	19
19^th	Center Point-Urbana Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Center Point	Linn	0.886	10	9
190^th	Centerville Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Centerville	Appanoose	0.445		(n/a)
262^nd	Central City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Central City	Linn	0.289	204	58
196^th	Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elkader	Clayton	0.441	240	44
289^th	Central Decatur Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Leon	Decatur	0.221	179	110
86^th	Central DeWitt School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	De Witt	Clinton	0.674	94	8
115^th	Central Lee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Donnellson	Lee	0.613	196	81
45^th	Central Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rock Rapids	Lyon	0.792	50	5
162^nd	Central Springs Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Manly	Worth	0.499		(n/a)
184^th	Chariton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Chariton	Lucas	0.455	217	33
316^th	Charles City Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Charles City	Floyd	0.083	299	17
292^nd	Charter Oak-Ute Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Charter Oak	Crawford	0.199	233	59
213^th	Cherokee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cherokee	Cherokee	0.415	115	98
280^th	Clarinda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Clarinda	Page	0.242	182	98
137^th	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clarion	Wright	0.571	194	57
295^th	Clarke Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osceola	Clarke	0.192	284	11
167^th	Clarksville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clarksville	Butler	0.495	107	60
174^th	Clay Central-Everly Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Royal	Clay	0.476	173	1
241^st	Clayton Ridge Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Guttenberg	Clayton	0.339	253	12
82^nd	Clear Creek Amana Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Oxford	Johnson	0.684	152	70
132^nd	Clear Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Clear Lake	Cerro Gordo	0.577	74	58
226^th	Clinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Clinton	Clinton	0.382	201	25
283^rd	Colfax-Mingo Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colfax	Jasper	0.241	265	18
166^th	College Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Cedar Rapids	Linn	0.496	209	43
247^th	Collins-Maxwell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maxwell	Story	0.327	158	89
120^th	Colo-NESCO Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colo	Story	0.588	229	109
311^th	Columbus Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Columbus Junction	Louisa	0.124	308	3
104^th	Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Coon Rapids	Carroll	0.642	59	45
237^th	Corning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corning	Adams	0.353	276	39
278^th	Council Bluffs Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	2	2	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie	0.251	285	7
217^th	Creston Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Creston	Union	0.411	198	19
22^nd	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Dallas Center	Dallas	0.871	61	39
108^th	Danville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Danville	Des Moines	0.638	134	26
285^th	Davenport Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	5	4	0	Davenport	Scott	0.226	287	2
243^rd	Davis County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bloomfield	Davis	0.337	216	27
5^th	Decorah Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Decorah	Winneshiek	0.941	7	2
32^nd	Delwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Delmar	Clinton	0.85	3	29
220^th	Denison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Denison	Crawford	0.406	226	6
3^rd	Denver Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Denver	Bremer	0.966	2	1
305^th	Des Moines Independent Community School District	PK, KG-12	42	10	6	2	Des Moines	Polk	0.139	298	7
37^th	Diagonal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Diagonal	Ringgold	0.817		(n/a)
59^th	Dike-New Hartford Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dike	Grundy	0.758	72	13
193^rd	Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	13	3	2	0	Dubuque	Dubuque	0.442	237	44
252^nd	Dunkerton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunkerton	Black Hawk	0.311	278	26
246^th	Durant Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Durant	Cedar	0.331	223	23
301^st	Eagle Grove Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eagle Grove	Wright	0.147	255	46
85^th	Earlham Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Earlham	Madison	0.681	121	36
244^th	East Buchanan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winthrop	Buchanan	0.334	185	59
204^th	East Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gilman	Marshall	0.435	98	106
122^nd	East Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hastings	Mills	0.587	215	93
206^th	East Sac County Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Lake View	Sac	0.434	247	41
176^th	East Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Afton	Union	0.476	292	116
39^th	Eastern Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lansing	Allamakee	0.811	17	22
212^th	Easton Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Preston	Jackson	0.417	149	63
270^th	Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont Central School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Eddyville	Wapello	0.264	227	43
224^th	Edgewood-Colesburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Edgewood	Clayton	0.388	167	57
240^th	Eldora-New Providence Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Eldora	Hardin	0.339	272	32
225^th	Emmetsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	0.385	275	50
195^th	English Valleys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	North English	Iowa	0.441	252	57
199^th	Essex Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Essex	Page	0.438	213	14
290^th	Estherville Lincoln Central Com School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estherville	Emmet	0.202	280	10
229^th	Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elk Horn	Shelby	0.376		(n/a)
228^th	Fairfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fairfield	Jefferson	0.379		(n/a)
103^rd	Forest City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Forest City	Winnebago	0.642	119	16
306^th	Fort Dodge Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Fort Dodge	Webster	0.139	306
294^th	Fort Madison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fort Madison	Lee	0.192	289	5
88^th	Fremont-Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tabor	Fremont	0.669	190	102
51^st	Galva-Holstein Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Holstein	Ida	0.778	129	78
102^nd	Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Garner	Hancock	0.648	169	67
271^st	George-Little Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	George	Lyon	0.26	246	25
2^nd	Gilbert Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gilbert	Story	0.984	1	1
317^th	Gilmore City-Bradgate Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Gilmore City	Humboldt	0.072		(n/a)
169^th	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Reinbeck	Grundy	0.491	118	51
70^th	Glenwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Glenwood	Mills	0.729	108	38
223^rd	Glidden-Ralston Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glidden	Carroll	0.395	160	63
138^th	GMG Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Garwin	Tama	0.563	195	57
315^th	Graettinger-Terril Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Graettinger	Palo Alto	0.1	188	127
234^th	Greene County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Jefferson	Greene	0.362	221	13
58^th	Grinnell-Newburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Grinnell	Poweshiek	0.759	44	14
114^th	Griswold Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Griswold	Cass	0.617	231	117
27^th	Grundy Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Grundy Center	Grundy	0.863	40	13
89^th	Guthrie Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Guthrie Center	Guthrie	0.669	92	3
125^th	Hamburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hamburg	Fremont	0.58		(n/a)
264^th	Hampton-Dumont Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hampton	Franklin	0.284	269	5
40^th	Harlan Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Harlan	Shelby	0.806	62	22
230^th	Harmony Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Farmington	Van Buren	0.371	245	15
53^rd	Harris-Lake Park Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lake Park	Dickinson	0.772	11	42
143^rd	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hartley	O'Brien	0.556	130	13
186^th	Highland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Riverside	Washington	0.449	256	70
56^th	Hinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hinton	Plymouth	0.761	78	22
111^th	H-L-V Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Victor	Iowa	0.626	58	53
	Howard-Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Cresco	Howard			(n/a)
142^nd	Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hubbard	Hardin	0.558	105	37
44^th	Hudson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hudson	Black Hawk	0.8	85	41
35^th	Humboldt Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dakota City	Humboldt	0.84	69	34
127^th	IKM-Manning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manning	Carroll	0.579		(n/a)
126^th	Independence Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Independence	Buchanan	0.58	125	1
101^st	Indianola Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Indianola	Warren	0.65	91	10
189^th	Interstate 35 Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Truro	Madison	0.445	191	2
158^th	Iowa City Community School District	PK, KG-12	20	3	4	0	Iowa City	Johnson	0.507	186	28
116^th	Iowa Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Iowa Falls	Hardin	0.599	212	96
52^nd	Iowa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marengo	Iowa	0.774	120	68
152^nd	Janesville Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Janesville	Bremer	0.518	199	47
160^th	Jesup Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Jesup	Buchanan	0.502	135	25
36^th	Johnston Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Johnston	Polk	0.827	9	27
309^th	Keokuk Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Keokuk	Lee	0.133	293	16
191^st	Keota Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Keota	Keokuk	0.443	116	75
112^th	Kingsley-Pierson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Kingsley	Plymouth	0.624	66	46
205^th	Knoxville Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Knoxville	Marion	0.435	203	2
113^th	Lake Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Mills	Winnebago	0.621	168	55
248^th	Lamoni Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lamoni	Decatur	0.323	244	4
296^th	Laurens-Marathon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Laurens	Pocahontas	0.185	286	10
13^th	Lawton-Bronson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lawton	Woodbury	0.909	39	26
87^th	Le Mars Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Le Mars	Plymouth	0.671	150	63
149^th	Lenox Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lenox	Taylor	0.53	131	18
118^th	Lewis Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie	0.594	208	90
54^th	Linn-Mar Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Marion	Linn	0.769	81	27
62^nd	Lisbon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lisbon	Linn	0.745	63	1
21^st	Logan-Magnolia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Logan	Harrison	0.873	15	6
276^th	Lone Tree Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lone Tree	Johnson	0.252	258	18
179^th	Louisa-Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Letts	Louisa	0.464	192	13
	LuVerne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Lu Verne	Kossuth			(n/a)
16^th	Lynnville-Sully Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sully	Jasper	0.894	52	36
173^rd	Madrid Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Madrid	Boone	0.477	127	46
157^th	Manson Northwest Webster Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Manson	Calhoun	0.507	260	103
215^th	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mapleton	Monona	0.412	250	35
281^st	Maquoketa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Maquoketa	Jackson	0.242	211	70
7^th	Maquoketa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Delhi	Delaware	0.936	16	9
99^th	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marcus	Cherokee	0.658	29	70
134^th	Marion Independent School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Marion	Linn	0.574	181	47
293^rd	Marshalltown Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Marshalltown	Marshall	0.193	304	11
144^th	Martensdale-St Marys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Martensdale	Warren	0.55	214	70
291^st	Mason City Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Mason City	Cerro Gordo	0.201	279	12
81^st	Mediapolis Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mediapolis	Des Moines	0.685	18	63
313^th	Melcher-Dallas Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Melcher Dallas	Marion	0.119	261	52
219^th	MFL MarMac Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monona	Clayton	0.408	206	13
210^th	Midland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wyoming	Jones	0.419	288	78
150^th	Mid-Prairie Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Wellman	Washington	0.53	241	91
274^th	Missouri Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Missouri Valley	Harrison	0.256	234	40
26^th	MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Orange City	Sioux	0.864	8	18
74^th	Montezuma Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Montezuma	Poweshiek	0.719	141	67
92^nd	Monticello Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monticello	Jones	0.666	146	54
287^th	Moravia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moravia	Appanoose	0.224	228	59
251^st	Mormon Trail Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Humeston	Wayne	0.313	290	39
75^th	Morning Sun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Morning Sun	Louisa	0.715	257	182
302^nd	Moulton-Udell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moulton	Appanoose	0.146	271	31
33^rd	Mount Ayr Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mount Ayr	Ringgold	0.848	36	3
168^th	Mount Pleasant Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Mount Pleasant	Henry	0.491	220	52
31^st	Mount Vernon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mount Vernon	Linn	0.852	5	26
107^th	Murray Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Murray	Clarke	0.638	114	7
254^th	Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Muscatine	Muscatine	0.308	273	19
72^nd	Nashua-Plainfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Nashua	Chickasaw	0.723		(n/a)
146^th	Nevada Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nevada	Story	0.547	73	73
80^th	New Hampton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	New Hampton	Chickasaw	0.696	140	60
257^th	New London Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New London	Henry	0.305	236	21
203^rd	Newell-Fonda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Newell	Buena Vista	0.436	161	42
161^st	Newton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Newton	Jasper	0.501		(n/a)
124^th	Nodaway Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Greenfield	Adair	0.582	210	86
218^th	North Butler Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Allison	Butler	0.41	184	34
238^th	North Cedar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Stanwood	Cedar	0.35	262	24
	North Fayette Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	West Union	Fayette			(n/a)
249^th	North Iowa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Buffalo Center	Winnebago	0.323	251	2
258^th	North Kossuth Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Swea City	Kossuth	0.305	83	175
78^th	North Linn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Troy Mills	Linn	0.706	80	2
154^th	North Mahaska Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Sharon	Mahaska	0.513	139	15
6^th	North Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alleman	Polk	0.939	19	13
41^st	North Scott Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Eldridge	Scott	0.805	84	43
216^th	North Tama County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Traer	Tama	0.412	101	115
211^th	North Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Armstrong	Emmet	0.417	309	98
	North Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Decorah	Winneshiek			(n/a)
65^th	Northeast Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Goose Lake	Clinton	0.738	28	37
	Northeast Hamilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Blairsburg	Hamilton			(n/a)
233^rd	Northwood-Kensett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Northwood	Worth	0.363	197	36
30^th	Norwalk Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Norwalk	Warren	0.858	48	18
100^th	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School Dist	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ida Grove	Ida	0.65	68	32
314^th	Oelwein Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Oelwein	Fayette	0.11	291	23
25^th	Ogden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ogden	Boone	0.867	31	6
170^th	Okoboji Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Milford	Dickinson	0.489	89	81
268^th	Olin Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Olin	Jones	0.267		(n/a)
263^rd	Orient-Macksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Orient	Adair	0.286	303	40
171^st	Osage Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osage	Mitchell	0.478	136	35
267^th	Oskaloosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Oskaloosa	Mahaska	0.274	270	3
269^th	Ottumwa Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Ottumwa	Wapello	0.266	294	25
236^th	Panorama Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Panora	Guthrie	0.362	235	1
83^rd	Paton-Churdan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Churdan	Greene	0.683	32	51
139^th	PCM Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monroe	Jasper	0.563	106	33
181^st	Pekin Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Packwood	Jefferson	0.462		(n/a)
	Pella Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Pella	Marion			(n/a)
299^th	Perry Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Perry	Dallas	0.151	267	32
4^th	Pleasant Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott	0.964	4
106^th	Pleasantville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pleasantville	Marion	0.639	97	9
119^th	Pocahontas Area Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Pocahontas	Pocahontas	0.594	95	24
318^th	Postville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Postville	Allamakee	0.053	310	8
187^th	Prairie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Gowrie	Webster	0.446	111	76
256^th	Red Oak Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Red Oak	Montgomery	0.305	249	7
136^th	Remsen-Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Remsen	Plymouth	0.573	60	76
227^th	Riceville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Riceville	Howard	0.382	239	12
261^st	River Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Correctionville	Woodbury	0.293	242	19
121^st	Riverside Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Carson	Pottawattamie	0.587	207	86
117^th	Rock Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rock Valley	Sioux	0.598	170	53
15^th	Roland-Story Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Story City	Story	0.895	42	27
163^rd	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Floyd	0.499	175	12
286^th	Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ruthven	Palo Alto	0.226	259	27
297^th	Saydel Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Des Moines	Polk	0.165	307	10
239^th	Schaller-Crestland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schaller	Sac	0.347	230	9
129^th	Schleswig Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schleswig	Crawford	0.578	138	9
71^st	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sergeant Bluff	Woodbury	0.729	53	18
312^th	Seymour Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Seymour	Wayne	0.122	232	80
67^th	Sheldon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sheldon	O'Brien	0.733	34	33
98^th	Shenandoah Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Shenandoah	Page	0.658	144	46
153^rd	Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sibley	Osceola	0.515	103	50
192^nd	Sidney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sidney	Fremont	0.443	155	37
60^th	Sigourney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sigourney	Keokuk	0.755	143	83
156^th	Sioux Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Center	Sioux	0.512	126	30
123^rd	Sioux Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Rapids	Buena Vista	0.583	110	13
250^th	Sioux City Community School District	PK, KG-12	15	3	3	0	Sioux City	Woodbury	0.318	274	24
1^st	Solon Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Solon	Johnson	0.985	22	21
79^th	South Central Calhoun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rockwell City	Calhoun	0.697	157	78
61^st	South Hamilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jewell	Hamilton	0.749	67	6
140^th	South O'Brien Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Paullina	O'Brien	0.562	102	38
319^th	South Page Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	College Springs	Page	0.04		(n/a)
288^th	South Tama County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tama	Tama	0.223	296	8
77^th	South Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Calmar	Winneshiek	0.712	54	23
42^nd	Southeast Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Pleasant Hill	Polk	0.802	87	45
	Southeast Warren Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Liberty Center	Warren			(n/a)
105^th	Southeast Webster Grand Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Burnside	Webster	0.64	187	82
66^th	Spencer Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spencer	Clay	0.733	162	96
34^th	Spirit Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Spirit Lake	Dickinson	0.844	99	65
182^nd	Springville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Springville	Linn	0.46	133	49
18^th	St Ansgar Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Saint Ansgar	Mitchell	0.887	46	28
49^th	Stanton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Stanton	Montgomery	0.779	51	2
209^th	Starmont Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Arlington	Fayette	0.419	200	9
307^th	Storm Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Storm Lake	Buena Vista	0.138	305	2
178^th	Stratford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Stratford	Hamilton	0.467		(n/a)
172^nd	Sumner-Fredericksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sumner	Bremer	0.478	174	2
232^nd	Tipton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tipton	Cedar	0.368	171	61
8^th	Treynor Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Treynor	Pottawattamie	0.935	6	2
200^th	Tri-Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Neola	Pottawattamie	0.437	147	53
265^th	Tri-County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Thornburg	Keokuk	0.284	222	43
272^nd	Tripoli Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tripoli	Bremer	0.258	176	96
214^th	Turkey Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jackson Junction	Winneshiek	0.414	25	189
298^th	Twin Cedars Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bussey	Marion	0.158	283	15
	Twin Rivers Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bode	Humboldt			(n/a)
17^th	Underwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Underwood	Pottawattamie	0.888	70	53
84^th	Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	La Porte City	Black Hawk	0.682	43	41
253^rd	United Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	Boone	Boone	0.309	117	136
94^th	Urbandale Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Urbandale	Polk	0.665	104	10
259^th	Van Buren Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Keosauqua	Van Buren	0.303	254	5
9^th	Van Meter Community School District	K-12	1	1	1	0	Van Meter	Dallas	0.931	12	3
275^th	Villisca Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Villisca	Montgomery	0.255	243	32
24^th	Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Vinton	Benton	0.869	49	25
260^th	Waco Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wayland	Henry	0.296	142	118
284^th	Wapello Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wapello	Louisa	0.238	302	18
	Wapsie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	0	1	0	Fairbank	Bremer			(n/a)
310^th	Washington Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Washington	Washington	0.125	295	15
300^th	Waterloo Community School District	PK, KG-12	12	4	3	0	Waterloo	Black Hawk	0.15	301	1
10^th	Waukee Community School District	PK, KG-12	9	2	1	2	Waukee	Dallas	0.925	24	14
38^th	Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Waverly	Bremer	0.816	41	3
165^th	Wayne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corydon	Wayne	0.498	26	139
266^th	Webster City Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Webster City	Hamilton	0.277	248	18
131^st	West Bend-Mallard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Bend	Palo Alto	0.577	56	75
185^th	West Branch Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Branch	Cedar	0.449	153	32
148^th	West Burlington Ind School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Burlington	Des Moines	0.532	64	84
197^th	West Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maynard	Fayette	0.44	124	73
159^th	West Central Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Stuart	Guthrie	0.503	128	31
95^th	West Delaware County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manchester	Delaware	0.662	96	1
147^th	West Des Moines Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	1	West Des Moines	Polk	0.537	159	12
201^st	West Fork Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Rockwell	Cerro Gordo	0.437	180	21
64^th	West Hancock Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Britt	Hancock	0.739	90	26
207^th	West Harrison Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mondamin	Harrison	0.428	178	29
303^rd	West Liberty Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Liberty	Muscatine	0.144	297	6
46^th	West Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Inwood	Lyon	0.789	71	25
93^rd	West Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	State Center	Marshall	0.666	37	56
277^th	West Monona Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Onawa	Monona	0.251	268	9
308^th	West Sioux Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hawarden	Sioux	0.133	189	119
29^th	Western Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Farley	Dubuque	0.861	33	4
155^th	Westwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sloan	Woodbury	0.512	132	23
198^th	Whiting Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Whiting	Monona	0.439	263	65
12^th	Williamsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Williamsburg	Iowa	0.91	23	11
231^st	Wilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wilton	Muscatine	0.37	109	122
222^nd	Winfield-Mt Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Winfield	Henry	0.405	277	55
130^th	Winterset Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Winterset	Madison	0.578	65	65
43^rd	Woodbine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Woodbine	Harrison	0.8	177	134
73^rd	Woodbury Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Moville	Woodbury	0.72	82	9
23^rd	Woodward-Granger Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Granger	Dallas	0.871	47	24

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