Iowa School District Rankings

Updated Friday, December 17, 2021, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

*Please note that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on standardized testing and the number of schools reporting results are lower.

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Rank (of 311)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
149^th	Adair-Casey Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Adair	Guthrie County	0.567	49	100
28^th	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Adel	Dallas County	0.851	55	27
	AGWSR Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Ackley	Hardin County			(n/a)
69^th	AHSTW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Avoca	Pottawattamie County	0.729	66	3
64^th	Akron Westfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Akron	Plymouth County	0.744	48	16
252^nd	Albert City-Truesdale Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Albert City	Buena Vista County	0.295	72	180
85^th	Albia Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Albia	Monroe County	0.697	63	22
168^th	Alburnett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Alburnett	Linn County	0.511	179	11
216^th	Alden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Alden	Hardin County	0.386	204	12
163^rd	Algona Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Algona	Kossuth County	0.531	111	52
98^th	Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Waukon	Allamakee County	0.672	93	5
114^th	Alta-Aurelia Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alta	Buena Vista County	0.64	275	161
128^th	Ames Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Ames	Story County	0.611	133	5
228^th	Anamosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Anamosa	Jones County	0.356	224	4
9^th	Andrew Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Andrew	Jackson County	0.94	11	2
34^th	Ankeny Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	2	2	2	Ankeny	Polk County	0.824	20	14
96^th	Aplington-Parkersburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Parkersburg	Butler County	0.675	112	16
81^st	Ar-We-Va Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Westside	Crawford County	0.709	142	61
144^th	Atlantic Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Atlantic	Cass County	0.577	182	38
74^th	Audubon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Audubon	Audubon County	0.725	190	116
33^rd	Ballard Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Huxley	Story County	0.829	14	19
129^th	Baxter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Baxter	Jasper County	0.61	57	72
177^th	BCLUW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Conrad	Grundy County	0.484	166	11
13^th	Bedford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bedford	Taylor County	0.922	28	15
119^th	Belle Plaine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Belle Plaine	Benton County	0.63	136	17
178^th	Bellevue Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bellevue	Jackson County	0.484	146	32
221^st	Belmond-Klemme Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Belmond	Wright County	0.371	281	60
41^st	Bennett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bennett	Cedar County	0.811	257	216
	Benton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Van Horne	Benton County			(n/a)
79^th	Bettendorf Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott County	0.711	77	2
106^th	Bondurant-Farrar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bondurant	Polk County	0.658	92	14
212^th	Boone Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Boone	Boone County	0.406	153	59
156^th	Boyden-Hull Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hull	Sioux County	0.545	69	87
237^th	Boyer Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunlap	Harrison County	0.338	196	41
161^st	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Brooklyn	Poweshiek County	0.537	99	62
299^th	Burlington Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Burlington	Des Moines County	0.138	306	7
242^nd	CAL Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Latimer	Franklin County	0.323	185	57
158^th	Calamus-Wheatland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wheatland	Clinton County	0.539	98	60
134^th	CAM Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Anita	Cass County	0.603	237	103
192^nd	Camanche Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Camanche	Clinton County	0.454	244	52
278^th	Cardinal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eldon	Wapello County	0.224	284	6
218^th	Carlisle Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carlisle	Warren County	0.377	176	42
120^th	Carroll Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carroll	Carroll County	0.63	126	6
57^th	Cedar Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Cedar Falls	Black Hawk County	0.765	45	12
280^th	Cedar Rapids Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	6	5	0	Cedar Rapids	Linn County	0.217	247	33
27^th	Center Point-Urbana Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Center Point	Linn County	0.86	19	8
257^th	Centerville Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Centerville	Appanoose County	0.291	192	65
265^th	Central City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Central City	Linn County	0.269	264	1
232^nd	Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elkader	Clayton County	0.347	197	35
211^th	Central Decatur Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Leon	Decatur County	0.409	291	80
54^th	Central DeWitt School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	De Witt	Clinton County	0.771	87	33
125^th	Central Lee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Donnellson	Lee County	0.619	117	8
15^th	Central Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rock Rapids	Lyon County	0.909	46	31
	Central Springs Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Manly	Worth County			(n/a)
258^th	Chariton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Chariton	Lucas County	0.288	186	72
281^st	Charles City Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Charles City	Floyd County	0.217	318	37
249^th	Charter Oak-Ute Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Charter Oak	Crawford County	0.296	294	45
188^th	Cherokee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cherokee	Cherokee County	0.467	215	27
267^th	Clarinda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Clarinda	Page County	0.264	282	15
190^th	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clarion	Wright County	0.466	138	52
296^th	Clarke Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osceola	Clarke County	0.145	297	1
139^th	Clarksville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clarksville	Butler County	0.585	169	30
	Clay Central-Everly Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Royal	Clay County			(n/a)
100^th	Clayton Ridge Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Guttenberg	Clayton County	0.666	243	143
65^th	Clear Creek Amana Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Oxford	Johnson County	0.742	85	20
107^th	Clear Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clear Lake	Cerro Gordo County	0.654	131	24
247^th	Clinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Clinton	Clinton County	0.309	228	19
246^th	Colfax-Mingo Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colfax	Jasper County	0.312	285	39
183^rd	College Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	1	Cedar Rapids	Linn County	0.473	168	15
210^th	Collins-Maxwell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maxwell	Story County	0.409	249	39
152^nd	Colo-NESCO Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colo	Story County	0.559	121	31
279^th	Columbus Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Columbus Junction	Louisa County	0.221	313	34
113^th	Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Coon Rapids	Carroll County	0.64	106	7
200^th	Corning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corning	Adams County	0.431	239	39
282^nd	Council Bluffs Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	2	2	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie County	0.209	280	2
207^th	Creston Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Creston	Union County	0.414	219	12
32^nd	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Dallas Center	Dallas County	0.841	23	9
146^th	Danville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Danville	Des Moines County	0.572	110	36
301^st	Davenport Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	5	4	0	Davenport	Scott County	0.133	287	14
270^th	Davis County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bloomfield	Davis County	0.256	245	25
22^nd	Decorah Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Decorah	Winneshiek County	0.891	4	18
88^th	Delwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Delmar	Clinton County	0.69	32	56
220^th	Denison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Denison	Crawford County	0.374	222	2
1^st	Denver Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Denver	Bremer County	0.986	2	1
294^th	Des Moines Independent Community School District	PK, KG-12	42	10	6	2	Des Moines	Polk County	0.155	309	15
159^th	Diagonal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Diagonal	Ringgold County	0.538	37	122
72^nd	Dike-New Hartford Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dike	Grundy County	0.727	58	14
215^th	Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	13	3	2	0	Dubuque	Dubuque County	0.388	195	20
205^th	Dunkerton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunkerton	Black Hawk County	0.416	254	49
194^th	Durant Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Durant	Cedar County	0.454	248	54
298^th	Eagle Grove Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eagle Grove	Wright County	0.139	303	5
86^th	Earlham Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Earlham	Madison County	0.696	86
250^th	East Buchanan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winthrop	Buchanan County	0.295	246	4
130^th	East Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gilman	Marshall County	0.609	207	77
94^th	East Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hastings	Mills County	0.676	123	29
206^th	East Sac County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake View	Sac County	0.414	208	2
208^th	East Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Afton	Union County	0.413	178	30
36^th	Eastern Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lansing	Allamakee County	0.822	39	3
239^th	Easton Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Preston	Jackson County	0.333	214	25
275^th	Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont Central School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Eddyville	Wapello County	0.242	272	3
	Edgewood-Colesburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Edgewood	Clayton County			(n/a)
214^th	Eldora-New Providence Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Eldora	Hardin County	0.392	242	28
138^th	Emmetsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto County	0.588	227	89
174^th	English Valleys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	North English	Iowa County	0.499	198	24
198^th	Essex Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Essex	Page County	0.443	201	3
231^st	Estherville Lincoln Central Com School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estherville	Emmet County	0.35	292	61
123^rd	Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elk Horn	Shelby County	0.623	231	108
235^th	Fairfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fairfield	Jefferson County	0.346	230	5
97^th	Forest City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Forest City	Winnebago County	0.674	105	8
304^th	Fort Dodge Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Fort Dodge	Webster County	0.123	307	3
286^th	Fort Madison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fort Madison	Lee County	0.193	296	10
131^st	Fremont-Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tabor	Fremont County	0.606	91	40
116^th	Galva-Holstein Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Holstein	Ida County	0.634	51	65
84^th	Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Garner	Hancock County	0.702	103	19
102^nd	George-Little Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	George	Lyon County	0.663	273	171
3^rd	Gilbert Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gilbert	Story County	0.978	1	2
297^th	Gilmore City-Bradgate Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Gilmore City	Humboldt County	0.143	319	22
59^th	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Reinbeck	Grundy County	0.76	171	112
48^th	Glenwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Glenwood	Mills County	0.784	71	23
295^th	Glidden-Ralston Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glidden	Carroll County	0.154	225	70
169^th	GMG Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Green Mountain	Marshall County	0.509	139	30
259^th	Graettinger-Terril Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Graettinger	Palo Alto County	0.286	317	58
230^th	Greene County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Jefferson	Greene County	0.351	236	6
30^th	Grinnell-Newburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Grinnell	Poweshiek County	0.848	59	29
56^th	Griswold Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Griswold	Cass County	0.768	116	60
11^th	Grundy Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Grundy Center	Grundy County	0.938	27	16
90^th	Guthrie Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Guthrie Center	Guthrie County	0.679	89	1
	Hamburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hamburg	Fremont County			(n/a)
268^th	Hampton-Dumont Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hampton	Franklin County	0.263	266	2
76^th	Harlan Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Harlan	Shelby County	0.723	40	36
68^th	Harris-Lake Park Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lake Park	Dickinson County	0.737	53	15
105^th	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hartley	O'Brien County	0.658	144	39
170^th	Highland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Riverside	Washington County	0.504	188	18
	Hinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hinton	Plymouth County			(n/a)
202^nd	H-L-V Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Victor	Iowa County	0.43	113	89
	Howard-Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Cresco	Howard County			(n/a)
173^rd	Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hubbard	Hardin County	0.502	143	30
50^th	Hudson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hudson	Black Hawk County	0.781	44	6
91^st	Humboldt Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dakota City	Humboldt County	0.678	35	56
55^th	IKM-Manning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manning	Carroll County	0.771	127	72
99^th	Independence Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Independence	Buchanan County	0.667	128	29
103^rd	Indianola Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Indianola	Warren County	0.659	102	1
255^th	Interstate 35 Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Truro	Madison County	0.292	191	64
182^nd	Iowa City Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	3	4	0	Iowa City	Johnson County	0.475	159	23
189^th	Iowa Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Iowa Falls	Hardin County	0.466	118	71
93^rd	Iowa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marengo	Iowa County	0.677	52	41
154^th	Janesville Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Janesville	Bremer County	0.551	154
80^th	Jesup Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Jesup	Buchanan County	0.711	162	82
37^th	Johnston Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Johnston	Polk County	0.819	36	1
309^th	Keokuk Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Keokuk	Lee County	0.115	311	2
186^th	Keota Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Keota	Keokuk County	0.469	193	7
67^th	Kingsley-Pierson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Kingsley	Plymouth County	0.739	114	47
241^st	Knoxville Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Knoxville	Marion County	0.323	206	35
135^th	Lake Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Mills	Winnebago County	0.602	115	20
225^th	Lamoni Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lamoni	Decatur County	0.362	250	25
187^th	Laurens-Marathon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Laurens	Pocahontas County	0.469	298	111
12^th	Lawton-Bronson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lawton	Woodbury County	0.929	13	1
89^th	Le Mars Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Le Mars	Plymouth County	0.681	90	1
167^th	Lenox Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lenox	Taylor County	0.518	151	16
175^th	Lewis Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie County	0.497	120	55
78^th	Linn-Mar Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	4	1	0	Marion	Linn County	0.717	54	24
75^th	Lisbon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lisbon	Linn County	0.724	62	13
52^nd	Logan-Magnolia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Logan	Harrison County	0.778	21	31
238^th	Lone Tree Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lone Tree	Johnson County	0.334	278	40
104^th	Louisa-Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Letts	Louisa County	0.659	181	77
	LuVerne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Lu Verne	Kossuth County			(n/a)
45^th	Lynnville-Sully Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sully	Jasper County	0.801	16	29
224^th	Madrid Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Madrid	Boone County	0.365	175	49
307^th	Manson Northwest Webster Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Manson	Calhoun County	0.117	160	147
248^th	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mapleton	Monona County	0.303	217	31
288^th	Maquoketa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Maquoketa	Jackson County	0.192	283	5
25^th	Maquoketa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Delhi	Delaware County	0.883	6	19
62^nd	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marcus	Cherokee County	0.752	100	38
151^st	Marion Independent School District (ISD)	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Marion	Linn County	0.561	135	16
290^th	Marshalltown Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Marshalltown	Marshall County	0.178	295	5
162^nd	Martensdale-St Marys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Martensdale	Warren County	0.533	145	17
269^th	Mason City Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Mason City	Cerro Gordo County	0.259	293	24
51^st	Mediapolis Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mediapolis	Des Moines County	0.779	82	31
276^th	Melcher-Dallas Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Melcher Dallas	Marion County	0.234	315	39
201^st	MFL MarMac Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monona	Clayton County	0.431	221	20
254^th	Midland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wyoming	Jones County	0.293	212	42
165^th	Mid-Prairie Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Wellman	Washington County	0.522	152	13
184^th	Missouri Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Missouri Valley	Harrison County	0.47	276	92
5^th	MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Orange City	Sioux County	0.958	26	21
66^th	Montezuma Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Montezuma	Poweshiek County	0.742	75	9
117^th	Monticello Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monticello	Jones County	0.632	94	23
277^th	Moravia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moravia	Appanoose County	0.227	289	12
217^th	Mormon Trail Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Humeston	Wayne County	0.379	253	36
31^st	Morning Sun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Morning Sun	Louisa County	0.847	76	45
308^th	Moulton-Udell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moulton	Appanoose County	0.115	304	4
29^th	Mount Ayr Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mount Ayr	Ringgold County	0.849	33	4
199^th	Mount Pleasant Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Mount Pleasant	Henry County	0.435	170	29
7^th	Mount Vernon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mount Vernon	Linn County	0.95	31	24
272^nd	Murray Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Murray	Clarke County	0.251	109	163
273^rd	Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Muscatine	Muscatine County	0.247	256	17
142^nd	Nashua-Plainfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Nashua	Chickasaw County	0.579	73	69
148^th	Nevada Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nevada	Story County	0.57	147	1
83^rd	New Hampton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	New Hampton	Chickasaw County	0.706	81	2
204^th	New London Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New London	Henry County	0.421	259	55
195^th	Newell-Fonda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Newell	Buena Vista County	0.454	205	10
219^th	Newton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Newton	Jasper County	0.376	163	56
203^rd	Nodaway Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Greenfield	Adair County	0.425	125	78
153^rd	North Butler Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Allison	Butler County	0.552	220	67
240^th	North Cedar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Stanwood	Cedar County	0.331	240
137^th	North Fayette Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	West Union	Fayette County	0.592	148	11
266^th	North Iowa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Buffalo Center	Winnebago County	0.268	251	15
133^rd	North Kossuth Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Swea City	Kossuth County	0.603	260	127
77^th	North Linn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Troy Mills	Linn County	0.721	79	2
140^th	North Mahaska Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Sharon	Mahaska County	0.584	156	16
10^th	North Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alleman	Polk County	0.939	5	5
53^rd	North Scott Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Eldridge	Scott County	0.772	41	12
260^th	North Tama County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Traer	Tama County	0.283	218	42
122^nd	North Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Armstrong	Emmet County	0.624	213	91
95^th	Northeast Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Goose Lake	Clinton County	0.676	65	30
155^th	Northwood-Kensett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Northwood	Worth County	0.547	235	80
47^th	Norwalk Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Norwalk	Warren County	0.792	30	17
39^th	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School Dist	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ida Grove	Ida County	0.814	104	65
302^nd	Oelwein Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Oelwein	Fayette County	0.132	316	14
71^st	Ogden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ogden	Boone County	0.728	25	46
35^th	Okoboji Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Milford	Dickinson County	0.822	172	137
	Olin Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Olin	Jones County			(n/a)
263^rd	Orient-Macksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Orient	Adair County	0.274	265	2
121^st	Osage Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osage	Mitchell County	0.627	173	52
222^nd	Oskaloosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Oskaloosa	Mahaska County	0.37	269	47
253^rd	Ottumwa Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Ottumwa	Wapello County	0.294	271	18
157^th	Panorama Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Panora	Guthrie County	0.543	238	81
179^th	Paton-Churdan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Churdan	Greene County	0.48	83	96
150^th	PCM Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monroe	Jasper County	0.564	140	10
145^th	Pekin Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Packwood	Jefferson County	0.572	183	38
	Pella Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Pella	Marion County			(n/a)
291^st	Perry Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Perry	Dallas County	0.176	301	10
6^th	Pleasant Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott County	0.95	3	3
180^th	Pleasantville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pleasantville	Marion County	0.477	107	73
160^th	Pocahontas Area Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Pocahontas	Pocahontas County	0.538	119	41
305^th	Postville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Postville	Allamakee County	0.118	320	15
213^th	Prairie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Gowrie	Webster County	0.398	189	24
274^th	Red Oak Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Red Oak	Montgomery County	0.247	258	16
38^th	Remsen-Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Remsen	Plymouth County	0.816	137	99
236^th	Riceville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Riceville	Howard County	0.341	229	7
244^th	River Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Correctionville	Woodbury County	0.316	263	19
191^st	Riverside Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Carson	Pottawattamie County	0.458	122	69
101^st	Rock Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rock Valley	Sioux County	0.664	88	13
20^th	Roland-Story Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Story City	Story County	0.896	15	5
196^th	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Floyd County	0.448	165	31
310^th	Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ruthven	Palo Alto County	0.098	288	22
293^rd	Saydel Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Des Moines	Polk County	0.162	299	6
181^st	Schaller-Crestland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schaller	Sac County	0.477	241	60
164^th	Schleswig Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schleswig	Crawford County	0.529	134	30
43^rd	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sergeant Bluff	Woodbury County	0.805	70	27
306^th	Seymour Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Seymour	Wayne County	0.117	314	8
58^th	Sheldon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sheldon	O'Brien County	0.763	68	10
193^rd	Shenandoah Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Shenandoah	Page County	0.454	101	92
115^th	Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sibley	Osceola County	0.635	155	40
141^st	Sidney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Sidney	Fremont County	0.581	194	53
111^th	Sigourney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sigourney	Keokuk County	0.644	60	51
109^th	Sioux Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Center	Sioux County	0.645	158	49
118^th	Sioux Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Rapids	Buena Vista County	0.631	124	6
256^th	Sioux City Community School District	PK, KG-12	14	3	3	0	Sioux City	Woodbury County	0.292	252	4
8^th	Solon Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Solon	Johnson County	0.947	10	2
262^nd	South Central Calhoun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rockwell City	Calhoun County	0.275	80	182
26^th	South Hamilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jewell	Hamilton County	0.862	61	35
223^rd	South O'Brien Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Paullina	O'Brien County	0.367	141	82
209^th	South Page Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	College Springs	Page County	0.41	321	112
311^th	South Tama County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tama	Tama County	0.074	290	21
166^th	South Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Calmar	Winneshiek County	0.518	78	88
61^st	Southeast Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Altoona	Polk County	0.754	42	19
	Southeast Warren Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Liberty Center	Warren County			(n/a)
132^nd	Southeast Webster Grand Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Burnside	Webster County	0.606	108	24
87^th	Spencer Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spencer	Clay County	0.691	67	20
49^th	Spirit Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Spirit Lake	Dickinson County	0.781	34	15
143^rd	Springville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Springville	Linn County	0.579	184	41
18^th	St Ansgar Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Saint Ansgar	Mitchell County	0.904	18
44^th	Stanton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Stanton	Montgomery County	0.803	50	6
234^th	Starmont Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Arlington	Fayette County	0.346	211	23
300^th	Storm Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Storm Lake	Buena Vista County	0.138	308	8
	Stratford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Stratford	Hamilton County			(n/a)
124^th	Sumner-Fredericksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sumner	Bremer County	0.621	174	50
197^th	Tipton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tipton	Cedar County	0.447	234	37
2^nd	Treynor Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Treynor	Pottawattamie County	0.981	7	5
147^th	Tri-Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Neola	Pottawattamie County	0.571	202	55
271^st	Tri-County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Thornburg	Keokuk County	0.255	267	4
245^th	Tripoli Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tripoli	Bremer County	0.312	274	29
108^th	Turkey Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jackson Junction	Winneshiek County	0.653	216	108
287^th	Twin Cedars Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bussey	Marion County	0.193	300	13
	Twin Rivers Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bode	Humboldt County			(n/a)
19^th	Underwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Underwood	Pottawattamie County	0.903	17	2
42^nd	Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	La Porte City	Black Hawk County	0.809	84	42
21^st	United Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	Boone	Boone County	0.892	255	234
171^st	Urbandale Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Urbandale	Polk County	0.503	96	75
233^rd	Van Buren County Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Keosauqua	Van Buren County	0.346	261	28
4^th	Van Meter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Van Meter	Dallas County	0.975	8	4
289^th	Villisca Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Villisca	Montgomery County	0.18	277	12
40^th	Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Vinton	Benton County	0.814	24	16
176^th	Waco Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wayland	Henry County	0.486	262	86
284^th	Wapello Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wapello	Louisa County	0.197	286	2
	Wapsie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	0	1	0	Fairbank	Bremer County			(n/a)
283^rd	Washington Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Washington	Washington County	0.202	312	29
285^th	Waterloo Community School District	PK, KG-12	12	4	3	0	Waterloo	Black Hawk County	0.195	302	17
24^th	Waukee Community School District	PK, KG-12	9	2	1	2	Waukee	Dallas County	0.886	9	15
46^th	Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Waverly	Bremer County	0.792	38	8
136^th	Wayne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corydon	Wayne County	0.601	167	31
227^th	Webster City Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Webster City	Hamilton County	0.357	268	41
82^nd	West Bend-Mallard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Bend	Palo Alto County	0.706	129	47
172^nd	West Branch Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Branch	Cedar County	0.503	187	15
126^th	West Burlington Ind School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Burlington	Des Moines County	0.618	150	24
229^th	West Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maynard	Fayette County	0.352	200	29
	West Central Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Stuart	Guthrie County			(n/a)
73^rd	West Delaware County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manchester	Delaware County	0.727	97	24
185^th	West Des Moines Community School District	PK, KG-12	9	2	2	1	West Des Moines	Polk County	0.469	149	36
243^rd	West Fork Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rockwell	Cerro Gordo County	0.317	203	40
63^rd	West Hancock Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Britt	Hancock County	0.749	64	1
261^st	West Harrison Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mondamin	Harrison County	0.276	209	52
303^rd	West Liberty Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Liberty	Muscatine County	0.125	305	2
14^th	West Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Inwood	Lyon County	0.92	47	33
60^th	West Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	State Center	Marshall County	0.76	95	35
226^th	West Monona Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Onawa	Monona County	0.357	279	53
264^th	West Sioux Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hawarden	Sioux County	0.27	310	46
16^th	Western Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Farley	Dubuque County	0.908	29	13
112^th	Westwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sloan	Woodbury County	0.643	157	45
292^nd	Whiting Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Whiting	Monona County	0.164	199	93
23^rd	Williamsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Williamsburg	Iowa County	0.888	12	11
70^th	Wilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wilton	Muscatine County	0.729	232	162
251^st	Winfield-Mt Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Winfield	Henry County	0.295	223	28
110^th	Winterset Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Winterset	Madison County	0.645	132	22
92^nd	Woodbine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Woodbine	Harrison County	0.678	43	49
127^th	Woodbury Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Moville	Woodbury County	0.617	74	53
17^th	Woodward-Granger Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Granger	Dallas County	0.905	22	5

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