Summary:
The 51346 zip code is home to two schools, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School and Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School, both part of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District. The district is ranked 138 out of 313 school districts in Iowa and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Elementary School stands out as a high-performing school, with consistently strong test scores and a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's 3rd and 4th-grade students perform significantly better than the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics on the ISASP assessments, and the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.1. In contrast, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School's performance has been more variable, with a drop in its SchoolDigger rating over the past few years, and its test scores are more mixed, with some grades performing above the state average and others below.
Both the elementary and high school have a chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6%, which is higher than the state average, and a significant percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (over 50%), indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage in the community. The schools also have high per-student spending, with the elementary school spending $32,082 per student and the high school spending $33,752 per student, suggesting the district is investing significant resources into education.
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