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Iowa School District Rankings

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Rank (of 320)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
49^th	Adair-Casey Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Adair	Adair County	0.78	79	30
55^th	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Adel	Dallas County	0.762	21	34
210^th	AGWSR Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Ackley	Hardin County	0.423		(n/a)
66^th	AHSTW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Avoca	Pottawattamie County	0.733	225	159
48^th	Akron Westfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Akron	Plymouth County	0.784	112	64
72^nd	Albert City-Truesdale Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Albert City	Buena Vista County	0.726	100	28
63^rd	Albia Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Albia	Monroe County	0.741	148	85
179^th	Alburnett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Alburnett	Linn County	0.472	166	13
204^th	Alden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Alden	Hardin County	0.434	266	62
111^th	Algona Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Algona	Kossuth County	0.628	183	72
93^rd	Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Waukon	Allamakee County	0.664	35	58
275^th	Alta-Aurelia Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alta	Buena Vista County	0.258	219	56
133^rd	Ames Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Ames	Story County	0.573	20	113
224^th	Anamosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Anamosa	Jones County	0.404	224
11^th	Andrew Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Andrew	Jackson County	0.915	164	153
20^th	Ankeny Community School District	PK, KG-12	10	2	2	0	Ankeny	Polk County	0.877	13	7
112^th	Aplington-Parkersburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Parkersburg	Butler County	0.623	172	60
142^nd	Ar-We-Va Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Westside	Crawford County	0.557	76	66
182^nd	Atlantic Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Atlantic	Cass County	0.461	137	45
190^th	Audubon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Audubon	Audubon County	0.445	55	135
14^th	Ballard Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Huxley	Story County	0.905	57	43
57^th	Baxter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Baxter	Jasper County	0.757	154	97
166^th	BCLUW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Conrad	Grundy County	0.496	238	72
28^th	Bedford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bedford	Taylor County	0.86	30	2
136^th	Belle Plaine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Belle Plaine	Benton County	0.571	193	57
146^th	Bellevue Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bellevue	Jackson County	0.547	123	23
281^st	Belmond-Klemme Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Belmond	Wright County	0.249	202	79
257^th	Bennett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bennett	Cedar County	0.305		(n/a)
	Benton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Van Horne	Benton County			(n/a)
77^th	Bettendorf Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott County	0.711	38	39
92^nd	Bondurant-Farrar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bondurant	Polk County	0.666	113	21
153^rd	Boone Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Boone	Boone County	0.517	205	52
69^th	Boyden-Hull Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hull	Sioux County	0.728	93	24
196^th	Boyer Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunlap	Harrison County	0.44		(n/a)
99^th	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Brooklyn	Poweshiek County	0.658	151	52
306^th	Burlington Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Burlington	Des Moines County	0.141	300	6
185^th	CAL Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Latimer	Franklin County	0.456	282	97
98^th	Calamus-Wheatland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wheatland	Clinton County	0.659	122	24
237^th	CAM Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Anita	Cass County	0.361	218	19
244^th	Camanche Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Camanche	Clinton County	0.337	156	88
284^th	Cardinal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eldon	Wapello County	0.241	281	3
176^th	Carlisle Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carlisle	Warren County	0.474	165	11
126^th	Carroll Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carroll	Carroll County	0.579	77	49
45^th	Cedar Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Cedar Falls	Black Hawk County	0.797	45
247^th	Cedar Rapids Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	6	4	0	Cedar Rapids	Linn County	0.33	264	17
19^th	Center Point-Urbana Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Center Point	Linn County	0.886	10	9
192^nd	Centerville Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Centerville	Appanoose County	0.443		(n/a)
264^th	Central City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Central City	Linn County	0.288	204	60
197^th	Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elkader	Clayton County	0.44	240	43
291^st	Central Decatur Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Leon	Decatur County	0.22	179	112
87^th	Central DeWitt School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	De Witt	Clinton County	0.672	94	7
117^th	Central Lee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Donnellson	Lee County	0.61	196	79
46^th	Central Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rock Rapids	Lyon County	0.79	50	4
164^th	Central Springs Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Manly	Worth County	0.498		(n/a)
186^th	Chariton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Chariton	Lucas County	0.453	217	31
318^th	Charles City Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Charles City	Floyd County	0.083	299	19
294^th	Charter Oak-Ute Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Charter Oak	Crawford County	0.198	233	61
215^th	Cherokee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cherokee	Cherokee County	0.414	115	100
282^nd	Clarinda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Clarinda	Page County	0.242	182	100
138^th	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clarion	Wright County	0.57	194	56
297^th	Clarke Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osceola	Clarke County	0.192	284	13
169^th	Clarksville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clarksville	Butler County	0.492	107	62
177^th	Clay Central-Everly Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Royal	Clay County	0.474	173	4
243^rd	Clayton Ridge Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Guttenberg	Clayton County	0.339	253	10
85^th	Clear Creek Amana Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Oxford	Johnson County	0.681	152	67
131^st	Clear Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clear Lake	Cerro Gordo County	0.576	74	57
228^th	Clinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Clinton	Clinton County	0.381	201	27
285^th	Colfax-Mingo Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colfax	Jasper County	0.24	265	20
168^th	College Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Cedar Rapids	Linn County	0.494	209	41
249^th	Collins-Maxwell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maxwell	Story County	0.326	158	91
121^st	Colo-NESCO Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colo	Story County	0.588	229	108
313^th	Columbus Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Columbus Junction	Louisa County	0.124	308	5
106^th	Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Coon Rapids	Carroll County	0.64	59	47
239^th	Corning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corning	Adams County	0.353	276	37
280^th	Council Bluffs Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	2	2	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie County	0.249	285	5
219^th	Creston Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Creston	Union County	0.41	198	21
23^rd	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Dallas Center	Dallas County	0.871	61	38
110^th	Danville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Danville	Des Moines County	0.636	134	24
287^th	Davenport Community School District	PK, KG-12	18	5	4	0	Davenport	Scott County	0.226	287
245^th	Davis County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bloomfield	Davis County	0.336	216	29
4^th	Decorah Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Decorah	Winneshiek County	0.941	7	3
32^nd	Delwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Delmar	Clinton County	0.849	3	29
222^nd	Denison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Denison	Crawford County	0.405	226	4
2^nd	Denver Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Denver	Bremer County	0.966	2
309^th	Des Moines Independent Community School District	PK, KG-12	38	10	7	2	Des Moines	Polk County	0.136	298	11
37^th	Diagonal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Diagonal	Ringgold County	0.816		(n/a)
58^th	Dike-New Hartford Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dike	Grundy County	0.756	72	14
195^th	Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	13	3	2	0	Dubuque	Dubuque County	0.441	237	42
254^th	Dunkerton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunkerton	Black Hawk County	0.31	278	24
248^th	Durant Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Durant	Cedar County	0.33	223	25
303^rd	Eagle Grove Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eagle Grove	Wright County	0.147	255	48
86^th	Earlham Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Earlham	Madison County	0.68	121	35
246^th	East Buchanan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winthrop	Buchanan County	0.333	185	61
207^th	East Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gilman	Marshall County	0.433	98	109
123^rd	East Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hastings	Mills County	0.585	215	92
208^th	East Sac County Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Lake View	Sac County	0.432	247	39
178^th	East Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Afton	Union County	0.473	292	114
39^th	Eastern Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lansing	Allamakee County	0.81	17	22
214^th	Easton Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Preston	Jackson County	0.416	149	65
272^nd	Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont Central School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Eddyville	Wapello County	0.263	227	45
226^th	Edgewood-Colesburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Edgewood	Clayton County	0.387	167	59
242^nd	Eldora-New Providence Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Eldora	Hardin County	0.339	272	30
227^th	Emmetsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto County	0.384	275	48
198^th	English Valleys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	North English	Iowa County	0.44	252	54
201^st	Essex Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Essex	Page County	0.437	213	12
292^nd	Estherville Lincoln Central Com School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estherville	Emmet County	0.202	280	12
231^st	Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elk Horn	Shelby County	0.376		(n/a)
230^th	Fairfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fairfield	Jefferson County	0.378		(n/a)
105^th	Forest City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Forest City	Winnebago County	0.642	119	14
307^th	Fort Dodge Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Fort Dodge	Webster County	0.138	306	1
296^th	Fort Madison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fort Madison	Lee County	0.192	289	7
91^st	Fremont-Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tabor	Fremont County	0.667	190	99
51^st	Galva-Holstein Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Holstein	Ida County	0.778	129	78
103^rd	Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Garner	Hancock County	0.646	169	66
273^rd	George-Little Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	George	Lyon County	0.259	246	27
1^st	Gilbert Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gilbert	Story County	0.984	1
319^th	Gilmore City-Bradgate Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Gilmore City	Pocahontas County	0.071		(n/a)
171^st	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Reinbeck	Grundy County	0.49	118	53
71^st	Glenwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Glenwood	Mills County	0.728	108	37
225^th	Glidden-Ralston Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glidden	Carroll County	0.394	160	65
139^th	GMG Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Green Mountain	Tama County	0.56	195	56
317^th	Graettinger-Terril Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Graettinger	Palo Alto County	0.101	188	129
236^th	Greene County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Jefferson	Greene County	0.361	221	15
59^th	Grinnell-Newburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Grinnell	Poweshiek County	0.756	44	15
116^th	Griswold Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Griswold	Cass County	0.616	231	115
27^th	Grundy Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Grundy Center	Grundy County	0.863	40	13
89^th	Guthrie Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Guthrie Center	Guthrie County	0.669	92	3
130^th	Hamburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hamburg	Fremont County	0.576		(n/a)
266^th	Hampton-Dumont Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hampton	Franklin County	0.283	269	3
40^th	Harlan Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Harlan	Shelby County	0.805	62	22
53^rd	Harris-Lake Park Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lake Park	Dickinson County	0.77	11	42
144^th	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hartley	O'Brien County	0.554	130	14
188^th	Highland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Riverside	Washington County	0.447	256	68
56^th	Hinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hinton	Plymouth County	0.759	78	22
113^th	H-L-V Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Victor	Iowa County	0.623	58	55
	Howard-Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Cresco	Howard County			(n/a)
143^rd	Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hubbard	Hardin County	0.555	105	38
44^th	Hudson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hudson	Black Hawk County	0.799	85	41
35^th	Humboldt Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dakota City	Humboldt County	0.839	69	34
127^th	IKM-Manning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manning	Carroll County	0.577		(n/a)
128^th	Independence Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Independence	Buchanan County	0.577	125	3
102^nd	Indianola Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Indianola	Warren County	0.647	91	11
191^st	Interstate 35 Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Truro	Madison County	0.443	191
159^th	Iowa City Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	3	4	0	Iowa City	Johnson County	0.505	186	27
118^th	Iowa Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Iowa Falls	Hardin County	0.597	212	94
52^nd	Iowa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marengo	Iowa County	0.773	120	68
154^th	Janesville Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Janesville	Bremer County	0.514	199	45
162^nd	Jesup Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Jesup	Buchanan County	0.5	135	27
36^th	Johnston Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Johnston	Polk County	0.826	9	27
311^th	Keokuk Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Keokuk	Lee County	0.133	293	18
193^rd	Keota Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Keota	Keokuk County	0.442	116	77
114^th	Kingsley-Pierson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Kingsley	Plymouth County	0.621	66	48
206^th	Knoxville Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Knoxville	Marion County	0.434	203	3
115^th	Lake Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Mills	Winnebago County	0.619	168	53
250^th	Lamoni Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lamoni	Decatur County	0.322	244	6
298^th	Laurens-Marathon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Laurens	Pocahontas County	0.184	286	12
13^th	Lawton-Bronson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lawton	Woodbury County	0.908	39	26
90^th	Le Mars Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Le Mars	Plymouth County	0.669	150	60
151^st	Lenox Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lenox	Taylor County	0.528	131	20
120^th	Lewis Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie County	0.592	208	88
54^th	Linn-Mar Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Marion	Linn County	0.767	81	27
62^nd	Lisbon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lisbon	Linn County	0.745	63	1
21^st	Logan-Magnolia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Logan	Harrison County	0.872	15	6
278^th	Lone Tree Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lone Tree	Johnson County	0.252	258	20
181^st	Louisa-Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Letts	Louisa County	0.461	192	11
	LuVerne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Lu Verne	Kossuth County			(n/a)
16^th	Lynnville-Sully Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sully	Jasper County	0.894	52	36
175^th	Madrid Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Madrid	Boone County	0.475	127	48
160^th	Manson Northwest Webster Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Manson	Calhoun County	0.505	260	100
217^th	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mapleton	Monona County	0.412	250	33
283^rd	Maquoketa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Maquoketa	Jackson County	0.241	211	72
6^th	Maquoketa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Delhi	Delaware County	0.936	16	10
100^th	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marcus	Cherokee County	0.657	29	71
135^th	Marion Independent School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Marion	Linn County	0.572	181	46
295^th	Marshalltown Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Marshalltown	Marshall County	0.192	304	9
145^th	Martensdale-St Marys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Martensdale	Warren County	0.549	214	69
293^rd	Mason City Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Mason City	Cerro Gordo County	0.201	279	14
82^nd	Mediapolis Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mediapolis	Des Moines County	0.684	18	64
315^th	Melcher-Dallas Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Melcher Dallas	Marion County	0.119	261	54
221^st	MFL MarMac Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monona	Clayton County	0.407	206	15
212^th	Midland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wyoming	Jones County	0.417	288	76
152^nd	Mid-Prairie Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Wellman	Washington County	0.527	241	89
276^th	Missouri Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Missouri Valley	Harrison County	0.255	234	42
26^th	MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Orange City	Sioux County	0.864	8	18
75^th	Montezuma Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Montezuma	Poweshiek County	0.717	141	66
94^th	Monticello Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monticello	Jones County	0.664	146	52
289^th	Moravia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moravia	Appanoose County	0.224	228	61
253^rd	Mormon Trail Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Humeston	Wayne County	0.312	290	37
76^th	Morning Sun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Morning Sun	Louisa County	0.711	257	181
304^th	Moulton-Udell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moulton	Appanoose County	0.146	271	33
33^rd	Mount Ayr Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mount Ayr	Ringgold County	0.846	36	3
170^th	Mount Pleasant Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Mount Pleasant	Henry County	0.49	220	50
31^st	Mount Vernon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mount Vernon	Linn County	0.852	5	26
109^th	Murray Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Murray	Clarke County	0.637	114	5
256^th	Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Muscatine	Muscatine County	0.306	273	17
73^rd	Nashua-Plainfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Nashua	Chickasaw County	0.721		(n/a)
147^th	Nevada Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nevada	Story County	0.545	73	74
81^st	New Hampton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	New Hampton	Chickasaw County	0.694	140	59
259^th	New London Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New London	Henry County	0.304	236	23
205^th	Newell-Fonda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Newell	Buena Vista County	0.434	161	44
163^rd	Newton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Newton	Jasper County	0.5		(n/a)
125^th	Nodaway Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Greenfield	Adair County	0.58	210	85
220^th	North Butler Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Allison	Butler County	0.408	184	36
240^th	North Cedar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Stanwood	Cedar County	0.347	262	22
148^th	North Fayette Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	West Union	Fayette County	0.545	145	3
251^st	North Iowa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Buffalo Center	Winnebago County	0.322	251
260^th	North Kossuth Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Swea City	Kossuth County	0.302	83	177
79^th	North Linn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Coggon	Linn County	0.706	80	1
156^th	North Mahaska Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Sharon	Mahaska County	0.513	139	17
5^th	North Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alleman	Polk County	0.938	19	14
41^st	North Scott Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Eldridge	Scott County	0.804	84	43
218^th	North Tama County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Traer	Tama County	0.411	101	117
213^th	North Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Armstrong	Emmet County	0.417	309	96
65^th	Northeast Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Goose Lake	Clinton County	0.736	28	37
235^th	Northwood-Kensett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Northwood	Worth County	0.362	197	38
30^th	Norwalk Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Norwalk	Warren County	0.856	48	18
104^th	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School Dist	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ida Grove	Ida County	0.646	68	36
316^th	Oelwein Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Oelwein	Fayette County	0.11	291	25
25^th	Ogden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ogden	Boone County	0.867	31	6
172^nd	Okoboji Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Milford	Dickinson County	0.486	89	83
270^th	Olin Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Olin	Jones County	0.265		(n/a)
265^th	Orient-Macksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Orient	Adair County	0.286	303	38
173^rd	Osage Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osage	Mitchell County	0.477	136	37
269^th	Oskaloosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Oskaloosa	Mahaska County	0.273	270	1
271^st	Ottumwa Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Ottumwa	Wapello County	0.265	294	23
238^th	Panorama Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Panora	Guthrie County	0.36	235	3
83^rd	Paton-Churdan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Churdan	Greene County	0.682	32	51
140^th	PCM Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monroe	Jasper County	0.56	106	34
183^rd	Pekin Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Packwood	Jefferson County	0.459		(n/a)
	Pella Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Pella	Marion County			(n/a)
301^st	Perry Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Perry	Dallas County	0.151	267	34
3^rd	Pleasant Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott County	0.964	4	1
107^th	Pleasantville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pleasantville	Marion County	0.638	97	10
119^th	Pocahontas Area Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Pocahontas	Pocahontas County	0.593	95	24
320^th	Postville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Postville	Allamakee County	0.053	310	10
189^th	Prairie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Gowrie	Webster County	0.446	111	78
258^th	Red Oak Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Red Oak	Montgomery County	0.305	249	9
137^th	Remsen-Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Remsen	Plymouth County	0.571	60	77
229^th	Riceville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Riceville	Howard County	0.381	239	10
263^rd	River Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Correctionville	Woodbury County	0.292	242	21
122^nd	Riverside Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Carson	Pottawattamie County	0.586	207	85
88^th	Rock Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rock Valley	Sioux County	0.67	170	82
15^th	Roland-Story Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Story City	Story County	0.895	42	27
165^th	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Floyd County	0.497	175	10
288^th	Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ruthven	Palo Alto County	0.226	259	29
299^th	Saydel Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Des Moines	Polk County	0.165	307	8
241^st	Schaller-Crestland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schaller	Sac County	0.344	230	11
134^th	Schleswig Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schleswig	Crawford County	0.573	138	4
70^th	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sergeant Bluff	Woodbury County	0.728	53	17
314^th	Seymour Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Seymour	Wayne County	0.123	232	82
68^th	Sheldon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sheldon	O'Brien County	0.731	34	34
101^st	Shenandoah Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Shenandoah	Page County	0.655	144	43
155^th	Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sibley	Osceola County	0.514	103	52
194^th	Sidney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sidney	Fremont County	0.441	155	39
60^th	Sigourney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sigourney	Keokuk County	0.756	143	83
158^th	Sioux Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Center	Sioux County	0.51	126	32
124^th	Sioux Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Rapids	Buena Vista County	0.58	110	14
252^nd	Sioux City Community School District	PK, KG-12	14	3	3	0	Sioux City	Woodbury County	0.317	274	22
10^th	Solon Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Solon	Johnson County	0.922	22	12
80^th	South Central Calhoun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rockwell City	Calhoun County	0.694	157	77
61^st	South Hamilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jewell	Hamilton County	0.748	67	6
141^st	South O'Brien Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Paullina	O'Brien County	0.56	102	39
321^st	South Page Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	College Springs	Page County	0.043		(n/a)
290^th	South Tama County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tama	Tama County	0.223	296	6
78^th	South Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Calmar	Winneshiek County	0.71	54	24
42^nd	Southeast Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Pleasant Hill	Polk County	0.801	87	45
	Southeast Warren Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Liberty Center	Warren County			(n/a)
108^th	Southeast Webster Grand Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Burnside	Webster County	0.638	187	79
67^th	Spencer Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spencer	Clay County	0.733	162	95
34^th	Spirit Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Spirit Lake	Dickinson County	0.845	99	65
184^th	Springville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Springville	Linn County	0.459	133	51
18^th	St Ansgar Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Saint Ansgar	Mitchell County	0.887	46	28
50^th	Stanton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Stanton	Montgomery County	0.779	51	1
211^th	Starmont Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Arlington	Fayette County	0.418	200	11
308^th	Storm Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Storm Lake	Buena Vista County	0.138	305	3
180^th	Stratford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Stratford	Hamilton County	0.464		(n/a)
174^th	Sumner-Fredericksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sumner	Bremer County	0.476	174
234^th	Tipton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tipton	Cedar County	0.367	171	63
7^th	Treynor Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Treynor	Pottawattamie County	0.935	6	1
202^nd	Tri-Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Neola	Pottawattamie County	0.436	147	55
267^th	Tri-County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Thornburg	Keokuk County	0.283	222	45
274^th	Tripoli Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tripoli	Bremer County	0.258	176	98
216^th	Turkey Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jackson Junction	Fayette County	0.412	25	191
300^th	Twin Cedars Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bussey	Marion County	0.158	283	17
	Twin Rivers Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bode	Humboldt County			(n/a)
17^th	Underwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Underwood	Pottawattamie County	0.888	70	53
84^th	Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	La Porte City	Black Hawk County	0.681	43	41
255^th	United Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	Boone	Boone County	0.307	117	138
96^th	Urbandale Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Urbandale	Polk County	0.663	104	8
261^st	Van Buren County Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Keosauqua	Van Buren County	0.302	254	7
8^th	Van Meter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Van Meter	Dallas County	0.931	12	4
277^th	Villisca Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Villisca	Montgomery County	0.253	243	34
24^th	Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Vinton	Benton County	0.869	49	25
262^nd	Waco Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wayland	Henry County	0.295	142	120
286^th	Wapello Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wapello	Louisa County	0.238	302	16
	Wapsie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	0	1	0	Fairbank	Buchanan County			(n/a)
312^th	Washington Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Washington	Washington County	0.125	295	17
302^nd	Waterloo Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	4	3	0	Waterloo	Black Hawk County	0.149	301	1
9^th	Waukee Community School District	PK, KG-12	9	2	1	0	Waukee	Dallas County	0.924	24	15
38^th	Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Waverly	Bremer County	0.814	41	3
167^th	Wayne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corydon	Wayne County	0.496	26	141
268^th	Webster City Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Webster City	Hamilton County	0.277	248	20
129^th	West Bend-Mallard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Bend	Palo Alto County	0.577	56	73
187^th	West Branch Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Branch	Cedar County	0.45	153	34
150^th	West Burlington Ind School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Burlington	Des Moines County	0.53	64	86
200^th	West Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maynard	Fayette County	0.438	124	76
161^st	West Central Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Stuart	Guthrie County	0.501	128	33
97^th	West Delaware County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manchester	Delaware County	0.66	96	1
149^th	West Des Moines Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	0	West Des Moines	Polk County	0.536	159	10
203^rd	West Fork Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Rockwell	Cerro Gordo County	0.436	180	23
64^th	West Hancock Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Britt	Hancock County	0.739	90	26
209^th	West Harrison Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mondamin	Harrison County	0.426	178	31
305^th	West Liberty Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Liberty	Muscatine County	0.144	297	8
47^th	West Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Inwood	Lyon County	0.786	71	24
95^th	West Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	State Center	Marshall County	0.664	37	58
279^th	West Monona Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Onawa	Monona County	0.251	268	11
310^th	West Sioux Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hawarden	Sioux County	0.134	189	121
29^th	Western Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Farley	Dubuque County	0.86	33	4
157^th	Westwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sloan	Woodbury County	0.511	132	25
199^th	Whiting Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Whiting	Monona County	0.438	263	64
12^th	Williamsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Williamsburg	Iowa County	0.91	23	11
232^nd	Wilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wilton	Muscatine County	0.369	109	123
223^rd	Winfield-Mt Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Winfield	Henry County	0.404	277	54
132^nd	Winterset Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Winterset	Madison County	0.575	65	67
43^rd	Woodbine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Woodbine	Harrison County	0.8	177	134
74^th	Woodbury Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Moville	Woodbury County	0.717	82	8
22^nd	Woodward-Granger Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Granger	Dallas County	0.871	47	25

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