Best Public Schools in Sanborn, IA

Summary:

The city of Sanborn, Iowa is home to a single standout middle school, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and is part of the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District. This school has consistently demonstrated exceptional academic performance, ranking in the top 20% of all Iowa middle schools for the 2023-2024 school year.

The Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School boasts impressive test scores, with 8th grade students scoring well above the state average in both English Language Arts (94.2% proficient) and Mathematics (92.5% proficient). The school's proficiency rates in 6th-8th grade ELA and 8th grade Science are also significantly higher than the state averages. With a student-teacher ratio of 13.3 to 1 and per-student spending of $30,374, the school is providing a high-quality education for its diverse student population of 174 students.

Despite having a relatively high free/reduced lunch rate of 50.57%, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School is still able to achieve exceptional academic results, indicating the school is effectively supporting students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. While the school's performance is already impressive, there may be opportunities to further improve in areas like closing achievement gaps for minority students and increasing proficiency rates in 5th grade ELA and Math.

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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 5th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School	Public	5-8	509 Main St.	Sanborn	51248	O'Brien County	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 930-3281	174	13	13.3	50.6%	143 (82.2%)	1 (0.6%)	22 (12.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.4%)	76.1	56^th of 337 public middle schools	83.4%		62.1	130^th of 334 public middle schools	61.1%	74	61.4	87.0	90.9	94.2	63.6	60.9	72.7	92.5	59.1	77.4	$30,374	$160	$30,215

Cities Near Sanborn

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Primghar	6.56 mi	1	212^th
Hartley	8.6 mi	2	112^th
Sheldon	8.76 mi	4	65^th
Paullina	14.24 mi	1	168^th
Sibley	16 mi	3	137^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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