Best Public Schools in Wheatland, IA

Summary:

The city of Wheatland, Iowa is home to a single high school, the Calamus-Wheatland Sec Attendance Center, which serves grades 7-12 and is part of the Calamus-Wheatland Community School District. With 196 students and a student-teacher ratio of 10.4, the school's performance and characteristics provide a detailed snapshot of the educational landscape in Wheatland.

The school's test scores on the ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) show a mixed performance, with some grade levels and subjects outperforming the state average, while others underperform. For example, the school's 8th grade English Language Arts proficiency rate of 82.9% is higher than the state's 77.5%, but its 7th grade ELA proficiency of 62.1% is lower than the state's 77.3%. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, from 131st out of 332 Iowa high schools in 2021-2022 to 217th out of 338 in 2023-2024, indicating a relative decline in performance compared to other schools in the state.

While the school serves a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, with over 32% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, the district's spending per student in the 2018-2019 school year was $13,932. The school's racial makeup is predominantly white, with 95.92% of students identifying as such, which may be an area for the school district to examine and address in terms of promoting diversity and inclusion.

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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 7th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 9th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 10th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 11th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Calamus-Wheatland Sec Attendance Center	Public	7-12	110 E Park Rd	Wheatland	52777	Clinton County	Calamus-Wheatland Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(563) 374-1292	196	19	10.4	32.1%	188 (95.9%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	45.9	217^th of 338 public high schools	35.8%		46.2	206^th of 336 public high schools	38.7%	11	62.1	82.9	77.8	70.5	77.8	55.2	68.6	59.3	68.2	59.3	76.5	59.1	$13,932	$184	$13,748

Cities Near Wheatland

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Calamus	4.25 mi	1	241^st
Lowden	4.97 mi	1	195^th
Bennett	9.48 mi	1	334^th
Clarence	11.82 mi	2	342^nd
Oxford Junction	12.22 mi	1	328^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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