Summary:
The Collins-Maxwell Community School District is home to two schools: Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School and Collins-Maxwell Elementary School. Based on the available data, the standout school in the district appears to be Collins-Maxwell Elementary School, which has a higher statewide ranking and stronger test scores compared to the middle/high school.
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School outperforms the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics for grades 3-5, while the middle/high school has mixed results, with some grade levels performing above the state average and others below. The elementary school also has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, while the middle/high school has a 2-star rating. Despite the higher per-student spending at the middle/high school, the elementary school appears to be outperforming it academically.
The data also reveals that the elementary school has seen a steady improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from 391st out of 574 Iowa elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 130th out of 557 in 2023-2024. In contrast, the middle/high school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, moving from 193rd out of 332 Iowa high schools in 2021-2022 to 216th out of 338 in 2023-2024. The district may want to examine the factors contributing to the differences in performance between the two schools and consider ways to replicate the success of the elementary school at the middle/high school level.
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