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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 50469

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School

388

Students

Top rankedWest Fork Elementary at Rockwell291^st of 576 Iowa elementary schools

Summary:

The 50469 zip code has only one school, West Fork Elementary at Rockwell, which serves grades PK-5 and has a total enrollment of 389 students. The school is part of the West Fork Community School District, which is ranked 188 out of 313 districts in Iowa and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

West Fork Elementary at Rockwell has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 226th out of 565 Iowa elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 291st out of 576 in 2024-2025, with a corresponding drop in its SchoolDigger star rating from 3 to 2. The school generally performs above the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics in the lower grades, but its performance declines in the upper grades, with 5th-grade students scoring below the state average in both subjects. Additionally, the school has a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6%.

Despite these challenges, West Fork Elementary at Rockwell has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 15.5 to 1 and spends above the state average per student at $13,507. The school also serves a population with a higher percentage of students (35.73%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which may impact academic performance and resource needs. Overall, the school's declining performance and high chronic absenteeism rate suggest the need for targeted interventions and strategies to address these issues and support student learning and achievement.

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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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
West Fork Elementary at Rockwell	Public	PK, KG-5	210 S 2nd St	Rockwell	50469	Cerro Gordo County	West Fork Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 822-3234	388	29	13.3	38.9%	367 (94.6%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	54.8	291^st of 576 public elementary schools	49.5%		61.1	238^th of 557 public elementary schools	57.3%	53	83.9	77.4	65.0	82.1	73.6	63.3	66.7	$13,507	$518	$12,988

Cities Near Zip Code 50469

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rockwell	6.53 mi	1	244^th
Clear Lake	8.58 mi	3	113^th
Sheffield	9.3 mi	2	266^th
Mason City	10.37 mi	9	359^th
Ventura	11.36 mi	2

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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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