Best Public Schools in Primghar, IA

Summary:

The city of Primghar, Iowa has only one school, South O'Brien Elementary School Primghar Center, which serves grades PK-6 with an enrollment of 324 students. The school is part of the South O'Brien Community School District, which is ranked 79 out of 309 districts in Iowa and has a 4-star rating.

South O'Brien Elementary School Primghar Center has seen a decline in its statewide ranking and rating over the past few years, dropping from a 4-star rating in 2021-2022 to a 2-star rating in the current 2023-2024 school year. The school's academic performance, as measured by ISASP test scores, is mixed compared to state averages, with some grade levels and subjects exceeding the state average while others fall short.

The school has a predominantly white student population, with 92.59% of students identifying as white. In the 2022-2023 school year, 38.27% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's spending per student was $13,661 in the 2018-2019 school year, and it had a student-teacher ratio of 13.6 to 1 in the 2022-2023 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				ISASP English Language Arts (2024)				ISASP Mathematics (2024)				ISASP Science (2024)	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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISASP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
South O'Brien Elementary School Primghar Center	Public	PK, KG-6	155 3rd St NE	Primghar	51245	O'Brien County	South O'Brien Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 957-3755	324	24	13.6	38.3%	300 (92.6%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	57.1	281^st of 557 public elementary schools	49.6%		57.3	264^th of 565 public elementary schools	53.3%	17	41.9	70.0	82.8	84.4	58.1	67.5	89.7	87.5	82.8	$13,661	$610	$13,051

Cities Near Primghar

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sanborn	7.07 mi	1	156^th
Paullina	7.75 mi	1	168^th
Hartley	10.63 mi	2	112^th
Sheldon	11.74 mi	4	65^th
Royal	18 mi	1

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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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