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Best High Schools in Zip Code 52310

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At a glance

School

320

Students

Top rankedMonticello High School110^th of 340 Iowa high schools

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Biggest riser

Monticello High School up 142 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The 52310 zip code is home to a single high school, Monticello High School, which serves the Monticello Community School District. This school has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking over the past few years, ranging from 110 out of 340 Iowa high schools in 2024-2025 to 252 out of 338 in 2023-2024. However, Monticello High School students generally perform above the state average on standardized tests, with 82.9% of 10th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 74.7%.

Despite its academic strengths, Monticello High School faces some challenges, including a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% in 2023-2024. Additionally, over a quarter of the school's students (27.89%) received free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, indicating a diverse socioeconomic population. The school's spending per student was $22,482 in the 2018-2019 school year, and it maintained a student-teacher ratio of 12.8 in the 2023-2024 school year.

Overall, Monticello Community School District, which Monticello High School is a part of, is ranked 104 out of 313 school districts in Iowa and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. While the high school's performance has been somewhat inconsistent, it appears to provide a solid academic foundation for its students, with strengths in standardized test scores and a relatively low student-teacher ratio.

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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 9th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 10th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 11th 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
Monticello High School	Public	9-12	850 East Oak Street	Monticello	52310	Jones County	Monticello Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 465-3000	320	26	12.2	30.9%	286 (89.4%)	5 (1.6%)	16 (5.0%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	66.5	110^th of 340 public high schools	67.6%		36	252^nd of 338 public high schools	25.4%	142	86.7	82.9	59.8	82.7	80.0	65.9	85.7	$22,482	$310	$22,171

Cities Near Zip Code 52310

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Monticello	0.41 mi	4	146^th
Hopkinton	8.04 mi	1
Anamosa	9.53 mi	3	264^th
Cascade	9.66 mi	2	107^th
Delhi	14.73 mi	3	21^st

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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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