Best Public Schools in Zip Code 50680

Summary:

The 50680 zip code area is home to two schools - AGWSR Middle School and AGWSR Elementary at Wellsburg. Both schools are part of the AGWSR Community School District, which is ranked 223rd out of 313 districts in Iowa and rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

AGWSR Middle School has shown some fluctuation in its statewide ranking over the years, but has made progress in recent years, now ranking 164th out of 344 Iowa middle schools. The school's test scores are generally above the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. However, the school has a relatively high rate of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch at 46.53%, indicating a significant population of students from lower-income families.

AGWSR Elementary at Wellsburg also has a high rate of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch at 44.12%. Both schools have the same chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% for the 2023-2024 school year. The spending per student also varies, with AGWSR Middle School spending $15,955 per student and AGWSR Elementary spending $11,558 per student.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISASP English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
AGWSR Middle School	Public	6-8	609 S Monroe	Wellsburg	50680	Grundy County	AGWSR Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 869-5121	131	10	13.5	48.1%	116 (88.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	56.3	164^th of 344 public middle schools	52.3%					(n/a)	74.4	73.5	83.9	76.9	79.4	80.4	71.4	$15,955	$170	$15,786
AGWSR Elementary at Wellsburg	Public	PK, KG-2	609 S Monroe	Wellsburg	50680	Grundy County	AGWSR Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 869-5121	59	5	12.2	33.9%	55 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)								(n/a)								$11,558	$170	$11,389

Cities Near Zip Code 50680

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wellsburg	0.22 mi	2	224^th
Grundy Center	9.3 mi	3	59^th
Eldora	9.92 mi	2	269^th
Ackley	10.13 mi	3	330^th
Aplington	10.3 mi	2	139^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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