Best Public Schools in Story County, Iowa & Rankings

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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 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 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Sawyer Elementary School	Public	K-5	4316 Ontario St	Ames	50010	Story County	Ames Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 239-3790	367	29	12.4	30.8%	244 (66.5%)	33 (9.0%)	30 (8.2%)	20 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (10.6%)	52.9	313^th of 557 public elementary schools	43.8%		42.7	379^th of 565 public elementary schools	32.9%	66	43.5	71.7	76.9							68.1	73.3	72.3							73.8			$11,702	$347	$11,356
Ames High School	Public	9-12	1801 Ridgewood Drive	Ames	50010	Story County	Ames Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 817-0600	1,403	83	16.8	30.0%	905 (64.5%)	132 (9.4%)	156 (11.1%)	119 (8.5%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (5.5%)	62.6	132^nd of 338 public high schools	60.9%		66.5	103^rd of 336 public high schools	69.3%	29							80.5	79.5	76.5							66.9	73.6	72.8			67.5	$11,820	$335	$11,486
Edwards Elementary School	Public	K-5	820 Miller Ave	Ames	50014	Story County	Ames Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 239-3760	450	31	14.3	38.4%	287 (63.8%)	61 (13.6%)	47 (10.4%)	27 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.2%)	56.2	288^th of 557 public elementary schools	48.3%		54.6	287^th of 565 public elementary schools	49.2%	1	81.7	68.7	72.6							80.0	67.5	71.0							64.5			$12,690	$743	$11,949
Fellows Elementary School	Public	K-5	1235 20th St.	Ames	50010	Story County	Ames Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 239-3765	528	42	12.5	26.5%	307 (58.1%)	29 (5.5%)	55 (10.4%)	93 (17.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (8.0%)	76.5	97^th of 557 public elementary schools	82.6%		79.8	80^th of 565 public elementary schools	85.8%	17	54.8	87.8	91.0							75.3	84.1	91.0							89.9			$12,124	$816	$11,308
Mitchell Elementary School	Public	K-5	3521 Jewel Dr	Ames	50010	Story County	Ames Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 239-3775	290	24	12.0	46.2%	171 (59.0%)	53 (18.3%)	33 (11.4%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.9%)	66.2	189^th of 557 public elementary schools	66.1%		78.5	99^th of 565 public elementary schools	82.5%	90	60.0	81.6	83.3							57.5	83.7	81.3							77.1			$12,211	$780	$11,433
Meeker Elementary School	Public	K-5	300 20th Street	Ames	50010	Story County	Ames Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 239-3770	351	30	11.7	37.6%	256 (72.9%)	26 (7.4%)	27 (7.7%)	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (9.4%)	63.8	216^th of 557 public elementary schools	61.2%		50.5	322^nd of 565 public elementary schools	43.0%	106	73.3	69.0	79.3							75.6	69.0	77.6							82.8			$13,221	$1,032	$12,190
Ames Middle School	Public	6-8	3915 Mortensen Road	Ames	50014	Story County	Ames Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 268-2400	1,002	76	13.2	30.8%	651 (65.0%)	102 (10.2%)	117 (11.7%)	64 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (6.4%)	55.5	169^th of 337 public middle schools	49.9%		55.2	175^th of 334 public middle schools	47.6%	6				73.3	79.2	78.4							75.6	72.9	78.4					71.6		$11,412	$258	$11,154
Northwood Pre-School	Public	PK-K	3012 Duff Avenue	Ames	50010	Story County	Ames Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 268-2470	254	12	21.2	29.1%	160 (63.0%)	29 (11.4%)	29 (11.4%)	14 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (8.7%)								(n/a)																						$19,833	$304	$19,530
Gilbert Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	109 Rothmoor	Gilbert	50105	Story County	Gilbert Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 232-3744	410	23	17.9	7.8%	346 (84.4%)	4 (1.0%)	21 (5.1%)	18 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.1%)								(n/a)																						$12,378	$377	$12,000
Gilbert Intermediate School	Public	3-5	103 Mathews Dr	Gilbert	50105	Story County	Gilbert Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 232-3748	341	21	15.9	10.3%	293 (85.9%)	5 (1.5%)	18 (5.3%)	19 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	92.8	4^th of 557 public elementary schools	99.3%		91	7^th of 565 public elementary schools	98.8%	3	90.6	92.7	87.8							94.9	95.5	91.9							87.8			$11,603	$317	$11,285
Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	925 H Ave	Nevada	50201	Story County	Nevada Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 382-2383	608	46	13.2	27.6%	508 (83.6%)	3 (0.5%)	63 (10.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.1%)	73.1	124^th of 557 public elementary schools	77.7%		87	28^th of 565 public elementary schools	95.0%	96	64.2	79.5								89.9	89.7											$11,518	$1,130	$10,388
Nevada High School	Public	9-12	1001 15th St	Nevada	50201	Story County	Nevada Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 382-3521	491	32	15.3	33.2%	404 (82.3%)	4 (0.8%)	44 (9.0%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.1%)	48.1	206^th of 338 public high schools	39.1%		45.8	207^th of 336 public high schools	38.4%	1							77.1	80.0	63.6							63.6	64.0	63.6			65.6	$17,734	$550	$17,184
Nevada Middle School	Public	5-8	1035 15th St	Nevada	50201	Story County	Nevada Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 382-2751	443	30	14.8	36.8%	368 (83.1%)	3 (0.7%)	44 (9.9%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.2%)	67.9	104^th of 337 public middle schools	69.1%		65.6	108^th of 334 public middle schools	67.7%	4			82.5	80.0	90.2	85.7						87.5	73.9	87.3	75.0				75.0	70.5		$12,308	$518	$11,790
Roland-Story Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	900 Hillcrest Dr	Story City	50248	Story County	Roland-Story Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 733-4386	463	29	15.8	19.0%	429 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.9%)	85.4	32^nd of 557 public elementary schools	94.3%		81.7	68^th of 565 public elementary schools	88.0%	36	71.2	92.0								94.5	92.0											$11,242	$484	$10,758
Roland-Story High School	Public	9-12	1009 Story St	Story City	50248	Story County	Roland-Story Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 733-4329	345	21	16.6	19.1%	310 (89.9%)	3 (0.9%)	23 (6.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	84.8	15^th of 338 public high schools	95.6%		85.7	21^st of 336 public high schools	93.8%	6							89.2	85.1	84.6							84.3	86.5	84.6			81.1	$12,856	$97	$12,759
Ballard Middle School	Public	6-8	509 N Main Ave	Huxley	50124	Story County	Ballard Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 597-2815	432	27	15.9	15.3%	397 (91.9%)	12 (2.8%)	15 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	71	80^th of 337 public middle schools	76.3%		76.5	53^rd of 334 public middle schools	84.1%	27				93.0	78.5	82.6							93.0	80.0	81.9					68.5		$13,142	$46	$13,096
Gilbert High School	Public	9-12	312 Gretten	Gilbert	50105	Story County	Gilbert Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 232-3738	537	33	16.2	7.3%	476 (88.6%)	6 (1.1%)	24 (4.5%)	22 (4.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	94.3	3^rd of 338 public high schools	99.1%		95.3	1^st of 336 public high schools	99.7%	2							96.2	94.7	97.4							93.1	89.3	92.2			90.8	$13,554	$195	$13,359
Gilbert Middle School	Public	6-8	201 E. Mathews	Gilbert	50105	Story County	Gilbert Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 232-0540	409	25	16.1	7.8%	352 (86.1%)	9 (2.2%)	21 (5.1%)	18 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	92.3	2^nd of 337 public middle schools	99.4%		90.9	5^th of 334 public middle schools	98.5%	3				96.8	95.7	95.5							94.5	87.8	90.2					91.7		$12,292	$237	$12,056
Ballard East Elementary	Public	3-5	505 W 4th St	Cambridge	50046	Story County	Ballard Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 220-4306	422	31	13.5	15.9%	386 (91.5%)	6 (1.4%)	20 (4.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	71.6	146^th of 557 public elementary schools	73.8%		78.9	92^nd of 565 public elementary schools	83.7%	54	62.0	81.7	76.7							85.4	85.2	83.3							69.3			$12,521	$249	$12,272
Ballard High School	Public	9-12	701 Ballard Drive	Huxley	50124	Story County	Ballard Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 597-2971	545	33	16.3	17.2%	506 (92.8%)	14 (2.6%)	19 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	75.5	57^th of 338 public high schools	83.1%		78.9	40^th of 336 public high schools	88.1%	17							82.5	79.5	84.5							77.9	81.2	85.9			68.1	$13,456	$266	$13,189
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	416 Fourth Avenue	Collins	50055	Story County	Collins-Maxwell Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 385-2446	204	18	11.0	43.1%	187 (91.7%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	72.5	130^th of 557 public elementary schools	76.7%		61.3	229^th of 565 public elementary schools	59.5%	99	65.5	90.9	75.0							82.8	100.0	79.2							58.3			$14,450	$518	$13,932
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School	Public	6-12	400 Metcalf St.	Maxwell	50161	Story County	Collins-Maxwell Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 387-1115	208	18	11.6	36.1%	186 (89.4%)	2 (1.0%)	13 (6.3%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	46	216^th of 338 public high schools	36.1%		45.3	212^th of 336 public high schools	36.9%	4				78.4	53.8	95.5	78.6	86.7	72.2				75.7	69.2	72.7	57.1	60.0	72.2		81.8	46.7	$17,207	$223	$16,984
Colo-NESCO Middle/High School	Public	5-12	919 West St	Colo	50056	Story County	Colo-NESCO Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 377-2282	232	22	10.5	37.5%	211 (90.9%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	71.8	81^st of 338 public high schools	76.0%		58.5	146^th of 336 public high schools	56.5%	65			90.9	87.0	66.7	66.7	96.0	79.3	85.2			90.9	73.9	66.7	71.4	84.0	75.9	70.4	72.7	33.3	62.1	$15,098	$523	$14,575
Colo-Nesco Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	407 N Center	Zearing	50278	Story County	Colo-NESCO Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 487-7411	155	15	10.6	42.6%	143 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.2%)	55.8	292^nd of 557 public elementary schools	47.6%		60.9	238^th of 565 public elementary schools	57.9%	54	65.2	61.5								91.3	76.9											$14,066	$671	$13,396
Ballard West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	105 E Main St	Slater	50244	Story County	Ballard Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 228-3890	472	35	13.6	17.4%	423 (89.6%)	4 (0.8%)	32 (6.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)								(n/a)																						$13,797	$324	$13,473
Roland-Story Middle School	Public	5-8	206 S Main St	Roland	50236	Story County	Roland-Story Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 388-4348	317	20	16.0	23.3%	276 (87.1%)	8 (2.5%)	19 (6.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	91.1	3^rd of 337 public middle schools	99.1%		82.8	23^rd of 334 public middle schools	93.1%	20			76.9	91.8	95.6	96.9						79.5	91.8	86.7	92.2				69.2	89.1		$10,323	$139	$10,183

Best Public Schools in Story County, IA

Gilbert High School

Gilbert Intermediate School

Gilbert Middle School

Roland-Story Middle School

Roland-Story Elementary School

Roland-Story High School

Fellows Elementary School

Ballard High School

Central Elementary School

Collins-Maxwell Elementary School

Colo-NESCO Middle/High School

Ballard East Elementary

Ballard Middle School

Nevada Middle School

Mitchell Elementary School

Meeker Elementary School

Ames High School

Edwards Elementary School

Colo-Nesco Elementary School

Ames Middle School

Sawyer Elementary School

Nevada High School

Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School

Ballard West Elementary

Gilbert Elementary School

Northwood Pre-School

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