Summary:
The area has one elementary school, Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02, serving prekindergarten through grade 6 with 161 students, in the Irene - Wakonda School District 13-3. In 2025–2026, the school’s all-grade proficiency was below the state in both subjects: 32% in ELA versus 49% statewide, and 34% in math versus 44%. ELA’s 17-point state gap was larger than math’s 10-point gap, making ELA the clearest area of concern in the latest overall results.
There are no top or bottom schools to compare in this one-school area; the differences show up across grades. Sixth-grade ELA was closest to the state, at 44% compared with 48%, a 4-point gap, while fourth-grade math was also relatively close, at 42% versus 49%, a 7-point gap. The weakest relative results were fourth-grade ELA, at 21% versus 48% statewide, 27 points lower, and third-grade math, at 33% versus 52%, 18 points lower. Every reported grade-and-subject result was below its same-grade state result, but the size of the gaps varied substantially.
ELA declined from 38% in 2024–2025 to 32% in 2025–2026, and its state gap widened by 3 points; math was nearly unchanged, moving from 33% to 34%, with its state gap holding at about 10 points. Fifth-grade science also fell, from 31% to 29%, while the state result rose; the gap widened by 4 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school 171 of 203, in the 16th percentile with one star, in 2025–2026; its 2024–2025 ranking was 204 of 300, in the 32nd percentile with two stars. For context, the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 12.1, and 35% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was comparatively low in 2025–2026: 6% at the school versus 20% statewide.
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