Best Public Schools in Zip Code 50456

Summary:

The 50456 zip code area is home to two schools - Central Springs High School and Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus, both part of the Central Springs Community School District. These schools demonstrate a mix of academic strengths and areas for improvement, with the high school standing out for its consistently high performance on standardized tests and the elementary school excelling in Mathematics.

Central Springs High School has seen strong student outcomes, with 9th graders scoring significantly above the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics on the ISASP tests. The school also boasts an impressive 88.3% four-year graduation rate and a relatively low chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6%. However, the school's statewide ranking has declined in recent years, dropping from 37th out of 336 Iowa high schools in 2022-2023 to 129th out of 340 in 2024-2025, despite maintaining a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

In contrast, Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus has demonstrated exceptional performance in Mathematics, with 88.2% of 3rd graders scoring proficient or better on the ISASP tests in 2024-2025, significantly higher than the state average of 75.8%. The elementary school has a more mixed performance history, ranking as high as 60th out of 603 Iowa elementary schools in 2013-2014 (5-star rating) but dropping to 214th out of 616 in 2014-2015 (3-star rating).

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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 9th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 10th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 11th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus	Public	PK, KG-3	105 S East St	Manly	50456	Worth County	Central Springs Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 454-3283	143	12	12.1	43.4%	134 (93.7%)	4 (2.8%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)								(n/a)	64.7				88.2					$15,896	$878	$15,018
Central Springs High School	Public	9-12	105 S East St	Manly	50456	Worth County	Central Springs Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 454-2208	236	16	14.6	29.7%	213 (90.3%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (3.0%)	63.9	129^th of 340 public high schools	62.1%		72.6	76^th of 338 public high schools	77.5%	53		96.5	83.1	76.3		80.7	62.7	71.2	62.7	$15,398	$174	$15,225

Cities Near Zip Code 50456

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Manly	0.32 mi	2	170^th
Mason City	8.63 mi	9	359^th
Northwood	10.86 mi	2	265^th
Clear Lake	13.26 mi	3	113^th
Nora Springs	13.94 mi	2	215^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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