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Riceville Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
150th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 576 Iowa Elementary Schools
Better than 74% of Iowa elementary schools
Summary

Riceville Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 226 students in grades PK-5 in the small town of Riceville, Iowa. The school is part of the Riceville Community School District, which is ranked 219 out of 313 school districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

One of Riceville Elementary's key strengths is its consistently strong academic performance, with students outperforming the state average on ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) tests across multiple grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 3rd graders scored 89.5% proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 75.8%, and 5th graders scored 72.7% proficient or better in science, compared to the state average of 64.2%. However, the school faces challenges with higher chronic absenteeism rates, at 21.6% in the 2023-2024 school year, compared to the state's 8.0% rate.

When compared to nearby schools like St. Ansgar Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School, Riceville Elementary performs relatively well in terms of test scores, particularly in mathematics and science. But it has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 45.13% in the 2023-2024 school year, and a lower student-teacher ratio of 12 students per teacher, compared to 18.8 students per teacher at St. Ansgar Elementary.

226
Students ?
13.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,540
Per pupil spending ?
45.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 912 Woodland Ave
       Riceville, IA  50466

(641) 985-2288

District: Riceville Community School District


Students who attend Riceville Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Riceville High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
87.6%
Hispanic:
7.1%
Two or more races:
5.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 42nd percentile in 2015 → 74th in 2025
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Iowa average (81% vs 71% meeting standards)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 32 percentile points since 2015
✓Above the Iowa median (74th percentile)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school81%
District avg81%
Iowa avg71%
150th of 576
Iowa public elementary schools ?
Top 26%▲ up 32 pts since 2015
From bottom 42% (2015) to top 26% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
219th of 313Riceville Community School District among Iowa districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIowa percentileRating
202571.9150 of 57674.0%★★★★☆
202452.8315 of 55743.4%★★☆☆☆
202361.2230 of 56559.3%★★★☆☆
202243.6366 of 57436.2%★★☆☆☆
202138.6393 of 56730.7%★★☆☆☆
201943.2385 of 60336.2%★★☆☆☆
201855.6299 of 56747.3%★★☆☆☆
201775.0117 of 57479.6%★★★★☆
201642.7415 of 59930.7%★★☆☆☆
201552.8357 of 61642.0%★★☆☆☆
201459.3290 of 60351.9%★★★☆☆
201370.0152 of 62475.6%★★★★☆
201264.6224 of 62664.2%★★★☆☆
By subject vs Iowa (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics82%+8 vs state
English Language Arts81%+10 vs state
Science73%+8 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 226 students attended Riceville Elementary School.

Students who attend Riceville Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Riceville High School

Students at Riceville Elementary School are 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races.

Riceville Elementary School ranks 150th of 576 Iowa elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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Latest Iowa data All new data »
2024–25 graduation ratesJun 13, 2026
2024–25 ISASP test scoresAug 20, 2025
2023–24 graduation ratesApr 1, 2025
2017–18 through 2023–24 attendance dataNov 15, 2024


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Iowa Department of Education.

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