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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 50123

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School

132

Students

Top rankedMormon Trail Elementary School467^th of 576 Iowa elementary schools

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Summary:

The 50123 zip code in Iowa has only one elementary school, Mormon Trail Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 367 out of 565 Iowa elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 459 out of 557 in 2023-2024.

Mormon Trail Elementary School's academic performance on standardized tests is mixed compared to the state average. While the school's 6th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate was 84.6% in 2024-2025, the 3rd and 5th-grade ELA scores were below the state average. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 53.8% (6th grade) to 76.9% (3rd grade), with the 4th and 5th-grade scores below the state average. Additionally, the school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate of 50% was lower than the state average of 64.2%.

The school serves a population with socioeconomic challenges, as indicated by the high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (66.42% in 2023-2024). Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.8 to 1 and high per-student spending of $14,641 in 2018-2019, the academic performance data suggests that the school may need to focus on targeted interventions and resource allocation to improve student outcomes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISASP English Language Arts (2025)				ISASP Mathematics (2025)				ISASP Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISASP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mormon Trail Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	403 S Front St	Humeston	50123	Wayne County	Mormon Trail Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 877-2521	132	14	9.6	63.6%	130 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	26.7	467^th of 576 public elementary schools	18.9%		24	459^th of 557 public elementary schools	17.6%	8	46.2	72.7	50.0	84.6	76.9	54.5	56.3	53.8	50.0	$14,641	$1,026	$13,616

Cities Near Zip Code 50123

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Humeston	0.6 mi	2	382^nd
Corydon	11.36 mi	2	212^th
Leon	14.15 mi	3	255^th
Chariton	15.27 mi	4	311^th
Osceola	18.55 mi	3	398^th

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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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