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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 52214

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At a glance

School

170

Students

Top rankedCentral City Elementary School256^th of 576 Iowa elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Central City Elementary School up 44 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The zip code 52214 contains a single elementary school, Central City Elementary School, which serves grades K-5 and has 174 students. The school is part of the Central City Community School District, which is ranked 229 out of 313 districts in Iowa and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Central City Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, going from 256 out of 576 Iowa elementary schools in 2024-2025 (3-star rating) to 300 out of 557 in 2023-2024 (2-star rating) and 369 out of 565 in 2022-2023 (2-star rating). The school's test scores are mixed, with some grades performing above the state average and others below. It has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% and a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 39.66%.

Despite the school's performance challenges, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.2 and higher-than-average spending per student at $15,538. These factors suggest that the district is investing resources in the school, but the root causes of its declining performance are not clear from the data provided.

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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
Central City Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 Barber Street	Central City	52214	Linn County	Central City Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 438-6181	170	18	9.2	33.5%	160 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	61	256^th of 576 public elementary schools	55.6%		55.1	300^th of 557 public elementary schools	46.1%	44	57.7	82.8	81.3	76.9	79.3	87.5	59.4	$15,538	$711	$14,827

Cities Near Zip Code 52214

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Central City	2.61 mi	2	303^rd
Alburnett	6.92 mi	3	98^th
Springville	8.98 mi	2	116^th
Marion	9.32 mi	15	167^th
Robins	11.5 mi	1	76^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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