Iowa School District Rankings

Updated Friday, January 5, 2018, based on the 2016-17 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 312)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2017)	Rank (2016)	Rank change from 2016
199^th	Adair-Casey Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Adair	Adair	0.451	126	73
23^rd	Adel Desoto Minburn Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Adel	Dallas	0.857	38	15
	Agwsr Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Ackley	Hardin			(n/a)
189^th	Ahstw Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Avoca	Pottawattamie	0.47	172	17
73^rd	Akron Westfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Akron	Plymouth	0.713	160	87
144^th	Albert City-Truesdale Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Albert City	Buena Vista	0.573	186	42
128^th	Albia Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Albia	Monroe	0.605	225	97
149^th	Alburnett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Alburnett	Linn	0.565	161	12
233^rd	Alden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Alden	Hardin	0.361	278	45
148^th	Algona Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Algona	Kossuth	0.567	125	23
100^th	Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Waukon	Allamakee	0.67	98	2
232^nd	Alta Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Alta	Buena Vista	0.361	230	2
27^th	Ames Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Ames	Story	0.828	15	12
243^rd	Anamosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Anamosa	Jones	0.346	257	14
236^th	Andrew Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Andrew	Jackson	0.357	312	76
9^th	Ankeny Community School District	PK, KG-12	10	2	2	2	Ankeny	Polk	0.917	16	7
90^th	Aplington-Parkersburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Parkersburg	Butler	0.684	178	88
77^th	Ar-We-Va Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Westside	Crawford	0.711	156	79
106^th	Atlantic Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Atlantic	Cass	0.647	91	15
20^th	Audubon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Audubon	Audubon	0.874	46	26
126^th	Aurelia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Aurelia	Cherokee	0.611	210	84
139^th	Ballard Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Huxley	Story	0.578	109	30
34^th	Battle Creek-Ida Grove Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ida Grove	Ida	0.808	142	108
112^th	Baxter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Baxter	Jasper	0.641	265	153
222^nd	Bcluw Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Conrad	Grundy	0.396	150	72
35^th	Bedford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Bedford	Taylor	0.804	65	30
134^th	Belle Plaine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Belle Plaine	Benton	0.593	248	114
110^th	Bellevue Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Bellevue	Jackson	0.643	146	36
241^st	Belmond-Klemme Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Belmond	Wright	0.348	226	15
	Bennett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bennett	Cedar			(n/a)
	Benton Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Van Horne	Benton			(n/a)
59^th	Bettendorf Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott	0.744	94	35
43^rd	Bondurant-Farrar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Bondurant	Polk	0.783	42	1
169^th	Boone Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Boone	Boone	0.531	218	49
113^th	Boyden-Hull Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hull	Sioux	0.639	59	54
	Boyer Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Dunlap	Harrison			(n/a)
102^nd	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Brooklyn	Poweshiek	0.667	66	36
297^th	Burlington Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Burlington	Des Moines	0.164	295	2
294^th	Cal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Latimer	Franklin	0.175	212	82
121^st	Calamus-Wheatland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wheatland	Clinton	0.62	89	32
248^th	Cam Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Anita	Cass	0.333	220	28
187^th	Camanche Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Camanche	Clinton	0.48	245	58
264^th	Cardinal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Eldon	Wapello	0.289	282	18
107^th	Carlisle Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carlisle	Warren	0.645	50	57
109^th	Carroll Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carroll	Carroll	0.644	26	83
37^th	Cedar Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	0	1	2	Cedar Falls	Black Hawk	0.799	35	2
273^rd	Cedar Rapids Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	6	4	0	Cedar Rapids	Linn	0.253	266	7
14^th	Center Point-Urbana Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Center Point	Linn	0.891	110	96
	Centerville Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Centerville	Appanoose			(n/a)
181^st	Central City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Central City	Linn	0.501	182	1
246^th	Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Elkader	Clayton	0.339	247	1
210^th	Central Decatur Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Leon	Decatur	0.422	306	96
96^th	Central DeWitt School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	De Witt	Clinton	0.677	51	45
208^th	Central Lee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Donnellson	Lee	0.426	138	70
108^th	Central Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rock Rapids	Lyon	0.645	23	85
	Central Springs Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Manly	Worth			(n/a)
284^th	Chariton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Chariton	Lucas	0.224	294	10
269^th	Charles City Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Charles City	Floyd	0.28	254	15
235^th	Charter Oak-Ute Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Charter Oak	Crawford	0.359	241	6
176^th	Cherokee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cherokee	Cherokee	0.518	136	40
251^st	Clarinda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Clarinda	Page	0.323	253	2
152^nd	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clarion	Wright	0.557	167	15
266^th	Clarke Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osceola	Clarke	0.286	231	35
142^nd	Clarksville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clarksville	Butler	0.576	163	21
158^th	Clay Central-Everly Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Royal	Clay	0.547	44	114
223^rd	Clayton Ridge Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	1	Guttenberg	Clayton	0.396	199	24
155^th	Clear Creek Amana Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Oxford	Johnson	0.55	123	32
127^th	Clear Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Clear Lake	Cerro Gordo	0.608	53	74
190^th	Clinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Clinton	Clinton	0.468	129	61
136^th	Colfax-Mingo Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colfax	Jasper	0.583	238	102
204^th	College Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	2	Cedar Rapids	Linn	0.44	194	10
185^th	Collins-Maxwell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Maxwell	Story	0.487	300	115
159^th	Colo-Nesco Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Colo	Story	0.542	92	67
309^th	Columbus Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Columbus Junction	Louisa	0.089	316	7
53^rd	Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Coon Rapids	Carroll	0.756	112	59
197^th	Corning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corning	Adams	0.455	229	32
291^st	Council Bluffs Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	2	2	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie	0.197	286	5
225^th	Creston Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Creston	Union	0.393	204	21
18^th	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Dallas Center	Dallas	0.875	28	10
52^nd	Danville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Danville	Des Moines	0.758	131	79
293^rd	Davenport Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	5	4	0	Davenport	Scott	0.184	297	4
259^th	Davis County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Bloomfield	Davis	0.306	192	67
19^th	Decorah Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Decorah	Winneshiek	0.874	13	6
6^th	Delwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Delmar	Clinton	0.929	1	5
218^th	Denison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Denison	Crawford	0.404	215	3
2^nd	Denver Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Denver	Bremer	0.983	7	5
296^th	Des Moines Independent Community School District	PK, KG-12	43	10	6	2	Des Moines	Polk	0.164	305	9
	Diagonal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Diagonal	Ringgold			(n/a)
213^th	Dike-New Hartford Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dike	Grundy	0.417	62	151
250^th	Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	13	3	2	0	Dubuque	Dubuque	0.323	244	6
261^st	Dunkerton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Dunkerton	Black Hawk	0.303	267	6
280^th	Durant Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Durant	Cedar	0.234	234	46
282^nd	Eagle Grove Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eagle Grove	Wright	0.227	262	20
66^th	Earlham Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Earlham	Madison	0.729	25	41
168^th	East Buchanan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winthrop	Buchanan	0.532	86	82
85^th	East Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Gilman	Marshall	0.699	95	10
120^th	East Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hastings	Mills	0.623	270	150
154^th	East Sac County Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Lake View	Sac	0.552	227	73
257^th	East Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Afton	Union	0.309	280	23
32^nd	Eastern Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lansing	Allamakee	0.815	69	37
133^rd	Easton Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Preston	Jackson	0.593	107	26
254^th	Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont Central School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Eddyville	Wapello	0.317	273	19
265^th	Edgewood-Colesburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Edgewood	Clayton	0.287	289	24
194^th	Eldora-New Providence Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Eldora	Hardin	0.461	281	87
270^th	Emmetsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto	0.278	288	18
124^th	English Valleys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	North English	Iowa	0.616	120	4
226^th	Essex Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Essex	Page	0.392	251	25
275^th	Estherville Lincoln Central Com School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estherville	Emmet	0.25	301	26
	Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Elk Horn	Shelby			(n/a)
220^th	Fairfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Fairfield	Jefferson	0.4	243	23
	Farragut Community School District	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	0	Farragut	Fremont			(n/a)
105^th	Forest City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Forest City	Winnebago	0.648	74	31
301^st	Fort Dodge Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Fort Dodge	Webster	0.148	314	13
276^th	Fort Madison Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Fort Madison	Lee	0.243	303	27
268^th	Fremont-Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tabor	Fremont	0.281	176	92
201^st	Galva-Holstein Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Holstein	Ida	0.446	170	31
71^st	Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Garner	Hancock	0.715	82	11
302^nd	George-Little Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	George	Lyon	0.147	200	102
1^st	Gilbert Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gilbert	Story	0.995	2	1
	Gilmore City-Bradgate Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Gilmore City	Pocahontas			(n/a)
164^th	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Reinbeck	Grundy	0.533	193	29
58^th	Glenwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Glenwood	Mills	0.744	73	15
171^st	Glidden-Ralston Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glidden	Carroll	0.522	75	96
54^th	Gmg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Garwin	Tama	0.748	240	186
172^nd	Graettinger-Terril Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Graettinger	Palo Alto	0.522	271	99
147^th	Greene County Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Jefferson	Greene	0.567	217	70
62^nd	Grinnell-Newburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Grinnell	Poweshiek	0.74	54	8
202^nd	Griswold Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	1	Griswold	Cass	0.446	177	25
68^th	Grundy Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Grundy Center	Grundy	0.719	61	7
48^th	Guthrie Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Guthrie Center	Guthrie	0.77	113	65
	Hamburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hamburg	Fremont			(n/a)
244^th	Hampton-Dumont Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Hampton	Franklin	0.344	237	7
44^th	Harlan Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Harlan	Shelby	0.781	63	19
262^nd	Harmony Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Farmington	Van Buren	0.298	239	23
26^th	Harris-Lake Park Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Lake Park	Dickinson	0.83	30	4
260^th	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hartley	O'Brien	0.304	255	5
237^th	Highland Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Riverside	Washington	0.356	263	26
84^th	Hinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Hinton	Plymouth	0.701	81	3
76^th	H-L-V Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Victor	Iowa	0.711	96	20
	Howard-Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Cresco	Howard			(n/a)
192^nd	Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hubbard	Hardin	0.464	84	108
69^th	Hudson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hudson	Black Hawk	0.719	58	11
98^th	Humboldt Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dakota City	Humboldt	0.674	31	67
	Ikm-Manning Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Manning	Carroll			(n/a)
123^rd	Independence Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Independence	Buchanan	0.619	213	90
47^th	Indianola Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Indianola	Warren	0.771	49	2
166^th	Interstate 35 Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Truro	Madison	0.533	116	50
200^th	Iowa City Community School District	PK, KG-12	20	3	3	0	Iowa City	Johnson	0.451	173	27
162^nd	Iowa Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Iowa Falls	Hardin	0.535	124	38
173^rd	Iowa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marengo	Iowa	0.521	157	16
132^nd	Janesville Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Janesville	Bremer	0.595	133	1
79^th	Jesup Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Jesup	Buchanan	0.709	85	6
7^th	Johnston Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Johnston	Polk	0.926	8	1
303^rd	Keokuk Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Keokuk	Lee	0.141	298	5
207^th	Keota Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Keota	Keokuk	0.43	181	26
93^rd	Kingsley-Pierson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Kingsley	Plymouth	0.68	80	13
216^th	Knoxville Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Knoxville	Marion	0.408	165	51
138^th	Lake Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Mills	Winnebago	0.581	166	28
288^th	Lamoni Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lamoni	Decatur	0.212	206	82
310^th	Laurens-Marathon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Laurens	Pocahontas	0.085	302	8
30^th	Lawton-Bronson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lawton	Woodbury	0.816	40	10
95^th	Le Mars Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Le Mars	Plymouth	0.677	70	25
125^th	Lenox Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lenox	Taylor	0.612	108	17
242^nd	Lewis Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie	0.348	236	6
83^rd	Linn-Mar Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Marion	Linn	0.705	43	40
101^st	Lisbon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lisbon	Linn	0.669	168	67
67^th	Logan-Magnolia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Logan	Harrison	0.727	79	12
234^th	Lone Tree Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Lone Tree	Johnson	0.36	235	1
135^th	Louisa-Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Letts	Louisa	0.585	183	48
	Luverne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Lu Verne	Kossuth			(n/a)
65^th	Lynnville-Sully Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sully	Jasper	0.729	158	93
130^th	Madrid Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Madrid	Boone	0.602	99	31
167^th	Manson Northwest Webster Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Manson	Calhoun	0.532	256	89
263^rd	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mapleton	Monona	0.292	276	13
255^th	Maquoketa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Maquoketa	Jackson	0.314	264	9
36^th	Maquoketa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Delhi	Delaware	0.799	24	12
143^rd	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marcus	Cherokee	0.575		(n/a)
114^th	Marion Independent School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	1	Marion	Linn	0.639	185	71
307^th	Marshalltown Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	0	Marshalltown	Marshall	0.13	307
239^th	Martensdale-St Marys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Martensdale	Warren	0.351	224	15
278^th	Mason City Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	2	0	Mason City	Cerro Gordo	0.239	272	6
50^th	Mediapolis Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mediapolis	Des Moines	0.765	41	9
258^th	Melcher-Dallas Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Melcher Dallas	Marion	0.306	189	69
163^rd	Mfl Marmac Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monona	Clayton	0.534	258	95
290^th	Midland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Wyoming	Jones	0.208	285	5
184^th	Mid-Prairie Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Wellman	Washington	0.488	159	25
249^th	Missouri Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Missouri Valley	Harrison	0.332	296	47
17^th	Moc-Floyd Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Orange City	Sioux	0.879	20	3
22^nd	Montezuma Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Montezuma	Poweshiek	0.858	155	133
145^th	Monticello Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monticello	Jones	0.571	152	7
252^nd	Moravia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moravia	Appanoose	0.322	252
277^th	Mormon Trail Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Humeston	Wayne	0.24	287	10
118^th	Morning Sun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Morning Sun	Louisa	0.625	76	42
156^th	Moulton-Udell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moulton	Appanoose	0.55	291	135
64^th	Mount Ayr Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mount Ayr	Ringgold	0.73	57	7
230^th	Mount Pleasant Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Mount Pleasant	Henry	0.378	169	61
28^th	Mount Vernon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mount Vernon	Linn	0.828	5	23
116^th	Murray Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Murray	Clarke	0.628	117	1
271^st	Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Muscatine	Muscatine	0.272	290	19
	Nashua-Plainfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Nashua	Chickasaw			(n/a)
183^rd	Nevada Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nevada	Story	0.491	187	4
137^th	New Hampton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	New Hampton	Chickasaw	0.581	151	14
221^st	New London Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	New London	Henry	0.397	115	106
211^th	Newell-Fonda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Newell	Buena Vista	0.421	219	8
	Newton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Newton	Jasper			(n/a)
253^rd	Nodaway Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Greenfield	Adair	0.32	222	31
39^th	North Butler Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Allison	Butler	0.797	48	9
256^th	North Cedar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Stanwood	Cedar	0.312	279	23
140^th	North Fayette Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Union	Fayette	0.578	77	63
214^th	North Iowa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Buffalo Center	Winnebago	0.414	242	28
217^th	North Kossuth Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Swea City	Kossuth	0.404	198	19
160^th	North Linn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Troy Mills	Linn	0.54	137	23
122^nd	North Mahaska Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Sharon	Mahaska	0.62	55	67
10^th	North Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alleman	Polk	0.914	17	7
63^rd	North Scott Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Eldridge	Scott	0.739	60	3
175^th	North Tama County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Traer	Tama	0.519	47	128
311^th	North Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Armstrong	Emmet	0.052	232	79
4^th	North Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Decorah	Winneshiek	0.955	130	126
49^th	Northeast Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Goose Lake	Clinton	0.765	39	10
	Northeast Hamilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Blairsburg	Hamilton			(n/a)
131^st	Northwood-Kensett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Northwood	Worth	0.598	154	23
41^st	Norwalk Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Norwalk	Warren	0.79	22	19
56^th	Odebolt-Arthur Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Odebolt	Sac	0.745	121	65
285^th	Oelwein Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Oelwein	Fayette	0.224	216	69
75^th	Ogden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ogden	Boone	0.712	52	23
55^th	Okoboji Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Milford	Dickinson	0.746	19	36
92^nd	Olin Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Olin	Jones	0.681	9	83
308^th	Orient-Macksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Orient	Adair	0.111	313	5
151^st	Osage Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osage	Mitchell	0.559	143	8
298^th	Oskaloosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Oskaloosa	Mahaska	0.161	299	1
286^th	Ottumwa Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Ottumwa	Wapello	0.223	292	6
215^th	Panorama Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Panora	Guthrie	0.409	260	45
29^th	Paton-Churdan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Churdan	Greene	0.825	11	18
97^th	Pcm Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monroe	Jasper	0.676	134	37
	Pekin Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Packwood	Jefferson			(n/a)
12^th	Pella Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Pella	Marion	0.899	12
299^th	Perry Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Perry	Dallas	0.154	308	9
5^th	Pleasant Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott	0.935	4	1
38^th	Pleasantville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pleasantville	Marion	0.799	122	84
146^th	Pocahontas Area Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Pocahontas	Pocahontas	0.571		(n/a)
312^th	Postville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Postville	Allamakee	0.035	315	3
229^th	Prairie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Gowrie	Webster	0.382	214	15
206^th	Red Oak Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Red Oak	Montgomery	0.438	284	78
231^st	Remsen-Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Remsen	Plymouth	0.365	111	120
196^th	Riceville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Riceville	Howard	0.458	275	79
212^th	River Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Correctionville	Woodbury	0.421	140	72
283^rd	Riverside Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Carson	Pottawattamie	0.226	203	80
179^th	Rock Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Rock Valley	Sioux	0.507	223	44
78^th	Roland-Story Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Story City	Story	0.71	106	28
247^th	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Floyd	0.334	145	102
195^th	Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ruthven	Palo Alto	0.46	197	2
300^th	Saydel Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Des Moines	Polk	0.153	311	11
129^th	Schaller-Crestland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schaller	Sac	0.604	97	32
80^th	Schleswig Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schleswig	Crawford	0.708	102	22
91^st	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sergeant Bluff	Woodbury	0.682	64	27
245^th	Seymour Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Seymour	Wayne	0.343	259	14
94^th	Sheldon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sheldon	O'Brien	0.678	147	53
178^th	Shenandoah Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Shenandoah	Page	0.517	100	78
186^th	Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sibley	Osceola	0.481	171	15
86^th	Sidney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sidney	Fremont	0.697	83	3
180^th	Sigourney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sigourney	Keokuk	0.506	90	90
72^nd	Sioux Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Center	Sioux	0.714	139	67
238^th	Sioux Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Rapids	Buena Vista	0.355	196	42
281^st	Sioux City Community School District	PK, KG-12	15	3	3	0	Sioux City	Woodbury	0.232	268	13
15^th	Solon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Solon	Johnson	0.888	10	5
119^th	South Central Calhoun Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Rockwell City	Calhoun	0.624	141	22
45^th	South Hamilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jewell	Hamilton	0.777	88	43
157^th	South O'Brien Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Paullina	O'Brien	0.548	37	120
	South Page Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	College Springs	Page			(n/a)
306^th	South Tama County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tama	Tama	0.137	283	23
51^st	South Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Calmar	Winneshiek	0.764	162	111
103^rd	Southeast Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Pleasant Hill	Polk	0.659	104	1
81^st	Southeast Warren Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Liberty Center	Warren	0.708	190	109
209^th	Southeast Webster Grand Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Burnside	Webster	0.423	195	14
115^th	Spencer Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spencer	Clay	0.634	153	38
89^th	Spirit Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Spirit Lake	Dickinson	0.69	78	11
224^th	Springville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Springville	Linn	0.394	202	22
25^th	St Ansgar Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Saint Ansgar	Mitchell	0.844	34	9
33^rd	Stanton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Stanton	Montgomery	0.809	191	158
150^th	Starmont Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Arlington	Fayette	0.564	207	57
289^th	Storm Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Storm Lake	Buena Vista	0.212	304	15
	Stratford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Stratford	Hamilton			(n/a)
219^th	Sumner-Fredericksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sumner	Bremer	0.401	164	55
117^th	Tipton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tipton	Cedar	0.626	87	30
3^rd	Treynor Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Treynor	Pottawattamie	0.963	6	3
88^th	Tri-Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Neola	Pottawattamie	0.691	128	40
305^th	Tri-County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Thornburg	Keokuk	0.138	201	104
161^st	Tripoli Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Tripoli	Bremer	0.538	228	67
31^st	Turkey Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jackson Junction	Fayette	0.815	45	14
240^th	Twin Cedars Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bussey	Marion	0.35	309	69
	Twin Rivers Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bode	Humboldt			(n/a)
70^th	Underwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Underwood	Pottawattamie	0.717	114	44
170^th	Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	La Porte City	Black Hawk	0.525	127	43
60^th	United Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	0	0	Boone	Boone	0.744	3	57
82^nd	Urbandale Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Urbandale	Polk	0.706	68	14
61^st	Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Elgin	Fayette	0.742	132	71
274^th	Van Buren Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Keosauqua	Van Buren	0.251	269	5
8^th	Van Meter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Van Meter	Dallas	0.924	27	19
292^nd	Villisca Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Villisca	Montgomery	0.188	274	18
24^th	Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Vinton	Benton	0.856	33	9
193^rd	Waco Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wayland	Henry	0.462	209	16
295^th	Wapello Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wapello	Louisa	0.168	261	34
	Wapsie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	0	1	0	Fairbank	Buchanan			(n/a)
279^th	Washington Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Washington	Washington	0.236	250	29
304^th	Waterloo Community School District	PK, KG-12	12	4	2	1	Waterloo	Black Hawk	0.139	310	6
11^th	Waukee Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	2	Waukee	Dallas	0.899	14	3
16^th	Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Waverly	Bremer	0.887	36	20
153^rd	Wayne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corydon	Wayne	0.554	93	60
198^th	Webster City Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Webster City	Hamilton	0.452	205	7
177^th	West Bend-Mallard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Bend	Palo Alto	0.518	211	34
191^st	West Branch Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Branch	Cedar	0.467	179	12
74^th	West Burlington Ind School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Burlington	Des Moines	0.712	144	70
165^th	West Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maynard	Fayette	0.533		(n/a)
42^nd	West Central Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Stuart	Guthrie	0.786	21	21
40^th	West Delaware County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manchester	Delaware	0.79	67	27
174^th	West Des Moines Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	1	West Des Moines	Polk	0.52	105	69
267^th	West Fork Central School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Rockwell	Cerro Gordo	0.285	188	79
99^th	West Hancock Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Britt	Hancock	0.671	118	19
228^th	West Harrison Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Mondamin	Harrison	0.383	246	18
287^th	West Liberty Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Liberty	Muscatine	0.217	249	38
13^th	West Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Inwood	Lyon	0.892	56	43
57^th	West Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	State Center	Marshall	0.745	18	39
272^nd	West Monona Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Onawa	Monona	0.265	293	21
227^th	West Sioux Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hawarden	Sioux	0.39	277	50
87^th	Western Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Farley	Dubuque	0.694	101	14
141^st	Westwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sloan	Woodbury	0.578	221	80
182^nd	Whiting Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Whiting	Monona	0.492	208	26
46^th	Williamsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Williamsburg	Iowa	0.772	119	73
188^th	Wilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wilton	Muscatine	0.477	135	53
205^th	Winfield-Mt Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Winfield	Henry	0.438	180	25
111^th	Winterset Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Winterset	Madison	0.642	32	79
203^rd	Woodbine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Woodbine	Harrison	0.444	148	55
104^th	Woodbury Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Moville	Woodbury	0.652	184	80
21^st	Woodward-Granger Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Granger	Dallas	0.86	29	8

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