Best School Districts in Iowa

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Rank (of 309)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
103^rd	Adair-Casey Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Adair	Adair County	0.667	164	61
30^th	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Adel	Dallas County	0.852	11	19
	AGWSR Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Ackley	Hardin County			(n/a)
59^th	AHSTW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Avoca	Pottawattamie County	0.766	91	32
38^th	Akron Westfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Akron	Plymouth County	0.81	37	1
115^th	Albert City-Truesdale Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Albert City	Buena Vista County	0.636	230	115
68^th	Albia Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Albia	Monroe County	0.74	67	1
29^th	Alburnett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Alburnett	Linn County	0.852	176	147
99^th	Alden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Alden	Hardin County	0.673	228	129
92^nd	Algona Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Algona	Kossuth County	0.689	86	6
45^th	Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Waukon	Allamakee County	0.793	45
97^th	Alta-Aurelia Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alta	Buena Vista County	0.677		(n/a)
132^nd	Ames Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Ames	Story County	0.59	134	2
244^th	Anamosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Anamosa	Jones County	0.332	192	52
138^th	Andrew Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Andrew	Jackson County	0.576	148	10
46^th	Ankeny Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	2	2	2	Ankeny	Polk County	0.792	33	13
33^rd	Aplington-Parkersburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Parkersburg	Butler County	0.824	59	26
26^th	Ar-We-Va Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Westside	Crawford County	0.86	46	20
209^th	Atlantic Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Atlantic	Cass County	0.42	214	5
14^th	Audubon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Audubon	Audubon County	0.914	101	87
52^nd	Ballard Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Huxley	Story County	0.777	26	26
178^th	Baxter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Baxter	Jasper County	0.496	149	29
109^th	BCLUW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Conrad	Grundy County	0.659	155	46
7^th	Bedford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bedford	Taylor County	0.957	9	2
224^th	Belle Plaine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Belle Plaine	Benton County	0.392	189	35
212^th	Bellevue Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bellevue	Jackson County	0.418	220	8
282^nd	Belmond-Klemme Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Belmond	Wright County	0.217	291	9
248^th	Bennett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bennett	Cedar County	0.323	263	15
	Benton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Van Horne	Benton County			(n/a)
164^th	Bettendorf Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott County	0.519	113	51
151^st	Bondurant-Farrar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Bondurant	Polk County	0.548	202	51
183^rd	Boone Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Boone	Boone County	0.485	203	20
78^th	Boyden-Hull Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hull	Sioux County	0.728	72	6
87^th	Boyer Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunlap	Harrison County	0.708	150	63
131^st	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Brooklyn	Poweshiek County	0.59	130	1
283^rd	Burlington Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Burlington	Des Moines County	0.21	305	22
200^th	CAL Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Latimer	Franklin County	0.452	284	84
202^nd	Calamus-Wheatland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wheatland	Clinton County	0.446	218	16
273^rd	CAM Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Anita	Cass County	0.243	242	31
223^rd	Camanche Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Camanche	Clinton County	0.393	194	29
255^th	Cardinal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eldon	Wapello County	0.305	259	4
147^th	Carlisle Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carlisle	Warren County	0.562	224	77
189^th	Carroll Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carroll	Carroll County	0.476	103	86
53^rd	Cedar Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Cedar Falls	Black Hawk County	0.775	44	9
276^th	Cedar Rapids Community School District	PK, KG-12	22	7	4	1	Cedar Rapids	Linn County	0.236	271	5
19^th	Center Point-Urbana Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Urbana	Benton County	0.884	19
279^th	Centerville Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Centerville	Appanoose County	0.228	282	3
266^th	Central City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Central City	Linn County	0.271	252	14
156^th	Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elkader	Clayton County	0.532	227	71
226^th	Central Decatur Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Leon	Decatur County	0.384	226
110^th	Central DeWitt School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	De Witt	Clinton County	0.653	99	11
135^th	Central Lee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Donnellson	Lee County	0.585	110	25
20^th	Central Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rock Rapids	Lyon County	0.883	28	8
	Central Springs Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Manly	Worth County			(n/a)
259^th	Chariton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Chariton	Lucas County	0.291	256	3
284^th	Charles City Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Charles City	Floyd County	0.209	260	24
234^th	Charter Oak-Ute Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Charter Oak	Crawford County	0.375	269	35
157^th	Cherokee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cherokee	Cherokee County	0.528	152	5
308^th	Choice Charter Schools	9-12	0	0	1	0	Union	Hardin County	0.059		(n/a)
171^st	Clarinda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clarinda	Page County	0.503	158	13
217^th	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clarion	Wright County	0.411	180	37
289^th	Clarke Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osceola	Clarke County	0.19	295	6
106^th	Clarksville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clarksville	Butler County	0.665	54	52
	Clay Central-Everly Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Royal	Clay County			(n/a)
239^th	Clayton Ridge Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Guttenberg	Clayton County	0.35	215	24
108^th	Clear Creek Amana Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Oxford	Johnson County	0.66	106	2
84^th	Clear Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clear Lake	Cerro Gordo County	0.719	65	19
225^th	Clinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Clinton	Clinton County	0.384	236	11
220^th	Colfax-Mingo Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colfax	Jasper County	0.399	244	24
197^th	College Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	1	1	Cedar Rapids	Linn County	0.463	171	26
153^rd	Collins-Maxwell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maxwell	Story County	0.54	225	72
176^th	Colo-NESCO Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colo	Story County	0.497	166	10
270^th	Columbus Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Columbus Junction	Louisa County	0.249	258	12
55^th	Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Coon Rapids	Carroll County	0.768	126	71
251^st	Corning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corning	Adams County	0.32	193	58
281^st	Council Bluffs Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	2	2	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie County	0.224	270	11
191^st	Creston Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Creston	Union County	0.472	196	5
	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Grimes	Polk County			(n/a)
196^th	Danville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Danville	Des Moines County	0.465	151	45
298^th	Davenport Community School District	PK, KG-12	18	5	4	0	Davenport	Scott County	0.146	297	1
278^th	Davis County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Bloomfield	Davis County	0.234	286	8
13^th	Decorah Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Decorah	Winneshiek County	0.918	12	1
21^st	Delwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Delmar	Clinton County	0.876	82	61
161^st	Denison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Denison	Crawford County	0.522	153	8
1^st	Denver Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Denver	Bremer County	0.993	1
301^st	Des Moines Independent Community School District	PK, KG-12	42	10	6	1	Des Moines	Polk County	0.133	307	6
194^th	Diagonal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Diagonal	Ringgold County	0.471	299	105
10^th	Dike-New Hartford Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dike	Grundy County	0.94	25	15
247^th	Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	12	3	3	0	Dubuque	Dubuque County	0.327	233	14
154^th	Dunkerton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunkerton	Black Hawk County	0.538	114	40
242^nd	Durant Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Durant	Cedar County	0.342	179	63
294^th	Eagle Grove Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eagle Grove	Wright County	0.178	298	4
86^th	Earlham Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Earlham	Madison County	0.709	131	45
192^nd	East Buchanan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winthrop	Buchanan County	0.472	181	11
214^th	East Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gilman	Marshall County	0.416	188	26
170^th	East Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hastings	Mills County	0.505	107	63
174^th	East Sac County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lake View	Sac County	0.5	281	107
76^th	East Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Afton	Union County	0.733	157	81
36^th	Eastern Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lansing	Allamakee County	0.819	40	4
249^th	Easton Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Preston	Jackson County	0.323	287	38
232^nd	Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont Central School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Eddyville	Wapello County	0.376	255	23
177^th	Edgewood-Colesburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Edgewood	Clayton County	0.496	223	46
162^nd	Eldora-New Providence Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Eldora	Hardin County	0.522	219	57
94^th	Emmetsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto County	0.686	170	76
	Empowering Excellence		0	0	0	0	Cedar Rapids	Linn County			(n/a)
140^th	English Valleys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	North English	Iowa County	0.573	143	3
260^th	Essex Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Essex	Page County	0.289	79	181
250^th	Estherville Lincoln Central Com School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estherville	Emmet County	0.32	246	4
186^th	Exira-Elk Horn- Kimballton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elk Horn	Shelby County	0.481	237	51
235^th	Fairfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fairfield	Jefferson County	0.374	241	6
144^th	Forest City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Forest City	Winnebago County	0.566	36	108
300^th	Fort Dodge Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Fort Dodge	Webster County	0.135	308	8
285^th	Fort Madison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fort Madison	Lee County	0.199	265	20
117^th	Fremont-Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tabor	Fremont County	0.631	64	53
	Galva-Holstein Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Holstein	Ida County			(n/a)
22^nd	Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Garner	Hancock County	0.87	30	8
155^th	George-Little Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	George	Lyon County	0.535	185	30
2^nd	Gilbert Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gilbert	Story County	0.993	2
	Gilmore City-Bradgate Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Gilmore City	Pocahontas County			(n/a)
182^nd	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Reinbeck	Grundy County	0.487	222	40
51^st	Glenwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Glenwood	Mills County	0.777	53	2
243^rd	Glidden-Ralston Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glidden	Carroll County	0.334	296	53
263^rd	GMG Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Green Mountain	Tama County	0.277	235	28
267^th	Graettinger-Terril Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Graettinger	Palo Alto County	0.258	293	26
	Great Oak		0	0	0	0	Akron	Summit County			(n/a)
262^nd	Greene County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Jefferson	Greene County	0.279	254	8
63^rd	Grinnell-Newburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Grinnell	Poweshiek County	0.75	55	8
127^th	Griswold Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Griswold	Cass County	0.599	154	27
8^th	Grundy Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Grundy Center	Grundy County	0.949	17	9
111^th	Guthrie Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Guthrie Center	Guthrie County	0.651	56	55
218^th	Hamburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hamburg	Fremont County	0.411	199	19
222^nd	Hampton-Dumont Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hampton	Franklin County	0.394	210	12
105^th	Harlan Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Harlan	Shelby County	0.666	73	32
129^th	Harris-Lake Park Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lake Park	Dickinson County	0.596	146	17
81^st	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hartley	O'Brien County	0.724	94	13
241^st	Highland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Riverside	Washington County	0.345	190	51
	Hinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hinton	Plymouth County			(n/a)
230^th	H-L-V Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Victor	Iowa County	0.378	173	57
	Horizon Science Academy	K-3	1	0	0	0	Des Moines	Polk County			(n/a)
118^th	Howard-Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Cresco	Howard County	0.629		(n/a)
180^th	Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hubbard	Hardin County	0.488	160	20
80^th	Hudson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hudson	Black Hawk County	0.725	23	57
65^th	Humboldt Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Humboldt	Humboldt County	0.746	57	8
43^rd	IKM-Manning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manning	Carroll County	0.8	39	4
193^rd	Independence Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Independence	Buchanan County	0.472	117	76
143^rd	Indianola Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Indianola	Warren County	0.567	125	18
60^th	Interstate 35 Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Truro	Madison County	0.758	116	56
221^st	Iowa City Community School District	PK, KG-12	21	3	4	1	Iowa City	Johnson County	0.396	209	12
136^th	Iowa Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Iowa Falls	Hardin County	0.579	142	6
123^rd	Iowa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marengo	Iowa County	0.613	92	31
25^th	Janesville Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Janesville	Bremer County	0.861	71	46
75^th	Jesup Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Jesup	Buchanan County	0.734	50	25
62^nd	Johnston Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Johnston	Polk County	0.752	48	14
254^th	Keokuk Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Keokuk	Lee County	0.306	248	6
184^th	Keota Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Keota	Keokuk County	0.485	262	78
73^rd	Kingsley-Pierson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Kingsley	Plymouth County	0.735	35	38
261^st	Knoxville Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Knoxville	Marion County	0.288	267	6
34^th	Lake Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Mills	Winnebago County	0.823	70	36
280^th	Lamoni Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lamoni	Decatur County	0.226	239	41
306^th	Laurens-Marathon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Laurens	Pocahontas County	0.086	172	134
15^th	Lawton-Bronson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lawton	Woodbury County	0.908	13	2
173^rd	Le Mars Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Le Mars	Plymouth County	0.5	139	34
113^th	Lenox Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lenox	Taylor County	0.648	104	9
141^st	Lewis Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie County	0.572	147	6
88^th	Linn-Mar Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	4	1	0	Marion	Linn County	0.707	84	4
100^th	Lisbon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lisbon	Linn County	0.67	62	38
39^th	Logan-Magnolia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Logan	Harrison County	0.809	41	2
211^th	Lone Tree Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lone Tree	Johnson County	0.419	229	18
90^th	Louisa-Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Letts	Louisa County	0.704	138	48
12^th	Lynnville-Sully Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sully	Jasper County	0.929	16	4
89^th	Madrid Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Madrid	Boone County	0.707	120	31
286^th	Manson Northwest Webster Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Manson	Calhoun County	0.199	277	9
146^th	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mapleton	Monona County	0.563	250	104
307^th	Maquoketa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Maquoketa	Jackson County	0.08	302	5
16^th	Maquoketa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Delhi	Delaware County	0.899	18	2
122^nd	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marcus	Cherokee County	0.613	136	14
207^th	Marion Independent School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Marion	Linn County	0.432	167	40
287^th	Marshalltown Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Marshalltown	Marshall County	0.195	288	1
77^th	Martensdale-St Marys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Martensdale	Warren County	0.73	161	84
265^th	Mason City Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Mason City	Cerro Gordo County	0.276	276	11
37^th	Mediapolis Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mediapolis	Des Moines County	0.814	43	6
268^th	Melcher-Dallas Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Melcher Dallas	Marion County	0.256	251	17
	Meskwaki Settlement School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Tama	Tama County			(n/a)
199^th	MFL MarMac Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monona	Clayton County	0.457	217	18
258^th	Midland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wyoming	Jones County	0.292	266	8
160^th	Mid-Prairie Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Wellman	Washington County	0.522	231	71
206^th	Missouri Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Missouri Valley	Harrison County	0.433	204	2
11^th	MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Orange City	Sioux County	0.939	6	5
69^th	Montezuma Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Montezuma	Poweshiek County	0.739	52	17
158^th	Monticello Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monticello	Jones County	0.526	119	39
253^rd	Moravia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moravia	Appanoose County	0.308	207	46
296^th	Mormon Trail Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Humeston	Wayne County	0.176	245	51
104^th	Morning Sun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Morning Sun	Louisa County	0.666	85	19
299^th	Moulton-Udell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moulton	Appanoose County	0.144	290	9
82^nd	Mount Ayr Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mount Ayr	Ringgold County	0.723	109	27
205^th	Mount Pleasant Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Mount Pleasant	Henry County	0.434	208	3
23^rd	Mount Vernon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mount Vernon	Linn County	0.864	10	13
215^th	Murray Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Murray	Clarke County	0.416	162	53
274^th	Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Muscatine	Muscatine County	0.24	264	10
198^th	Nashua-Plainfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Nashua	Chickasaw County	0.461	115	83
120^th	Nevada Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nevada	Story County	0.62	98	22
96^th	New Hampton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	New Hampton	Chickasaw County	0.679	90	6
257^th	New London Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New London	Henry County	0.295	240	17
228^th	Newell-Fonda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Newell	Buena Vista County	0.381	232	4
240^th	Newton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Newton	Jasper County	0.348	243	3
145^th	Nodaway Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Greenfield	Adair County	0.565	137	8
152^nd	North Butler Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Allison	Butler County	0.546	182	30
219^th	North Cedar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Stanwood	Cedar County	0.401	197	22
134^th	North Fayette Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Union	Fayette County	0.586	133	1
168^th	North Iowa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Buffalo Center	Winnebago County	0.509	191	23
35^th	North Kossuth Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Swea City	Kossuth County	0.82	4	31
50^th	North Linn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Troy Mills	Linn County	0.781	58	8
95^th	North Mahaska Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Sharon	Mahaska County	0.684	69	26
24^th	North Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Alleman	Polk County	0.863	21	3
49^th	North Scott Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Eldridge	Scott County	0.783	51	2
275^th	North Tama County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Traer	Tama County	0.237	283	8
32^nd	North Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Armstrong	Emmet County	0.828	60	28
67^th	Northeast Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Goose Lake	Clinton County	0.743	49	18
210^th	Northwood-Kensett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Northwood	Worth County	0.42	111	99
107^th	Norwalk Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Norwalk	Warren County	0.66	93	14
203^rd	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School Dist	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ida Grove	Ida County	0.443	159	44
303^rd	Oelwein Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Oelwein	Fayette County	0.125	301	2
85^th	Ogden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ogden	Boone County	0.715	83	2
102^nd	Okoboji Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Milford	Dickinson County	0.667	89	13
	Olin Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Olin	Jones County			(n/a)
133^rd	Orient-Macksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Orient	Adair County	0.589	257	124
72^nd	Osage Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osage	Mitchell County	0.736	87	15
233^rd	Oskaloosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Oskaloosa	Mahaska County	0.376	247	14
288^th	Ottumwa Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	1	Ottumwa	Wapello County	0.192	278	10
179^th	Panorama Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Panora	Guthrie County	0.493	145	34
74^th	Paton-Churdan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Churdan	Greene County	0.735	183	109
124^th	PCM Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monroe	Jasper County	0.609	100	24
167^th	Pekin Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Packwood	Jefferson County	0.509	127	40
	Pella Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Pella	Marion County			(n/a)
	Perry Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Perry	Dallas County			(n/a)
5^th	Pleasant Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott County	0.972	7	2
195^th	Pleasantville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pleasantville	Marion County	0.467	141	54
227^th	Pocahontas Area Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Pocahontas	Pocahontas County	0.383	163	64
302^nd	Postville Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Postville	Allamakee County	0.132	303	1
277^th	Red Oak Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Red Oak	Montgomery County	0.234	261	16
98^th	Remsen-Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Remsen	Plymouth County	0.676	61	37
213^th	Riceville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Riceville	Howard County	0.417	169	44
290^th	River Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Correctionville	Woodbury County	0.19	285	5
187^th	Riverside Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Carson	Pottawattamie County	0.481	174	13
58^th	Rock Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Rock Valley	Sioux County	0.767	95	37
6^th	Roland-Story Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Story City	Story County	0.963	15	9
246^th	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Floyd County	0.329	279	33
256^th	Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ruthven	Palo Alto County	0.3	275	19
297^th	Saydel Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Des Moines	Polk County	0.153	294	3
56^th	Schaller-Crestland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schaller	Sac County	0.767	80	24
159^th	Schleswig Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schleswig	Crawford County	0.525	105	54
48^th	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sergeant Bluff	Woodbury County	0.786	32	16
304^th	Seymour Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Seymour	Wayne County	0.113	310	6
28^th	Sheldon Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sheldon	O'Brien County	0.854	42	14
188^th	Shenandoah Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Shenandoah	Page County	0.477	212	24
101^st	Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sibley	Osceola County	0.668	102	1
126^th	Sidney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Sidney	Fremont County	0.599	129	3
125^th	Sigourney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sigourney	Keokuk County	0.601	75	50
128^th	Sioux Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Sioux Center	Sioux County	0.597	122	6
172^nd	Sioux Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Rapids	Buena Vista County	0.502	124	48
269^th	Sioux City Community School District	PK, KG-12	15	3	3	0	Sioux City	Woodbury County	0.251	273	4
40^th	Solon Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Solon	Johnson County	0.801	31	9
237^th	South Central Calhoun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rockwell City	Calhoun County	0.367	253	16
27^th	South Hamilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jewell	Hamilton County	0.856	20	7
79^th	South O'Brien Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Paullina	O'Brien County	0.726	144	65
	South Page Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	College Springs	Page County			(n/a)
272^nd	South Tama County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tama	Tama County	0.243	274	2
71^st	South Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Calmar	Winneshiek County	0.736	132	61
112^th	Southeast Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	1	0	Altoona	Polk County	0.648	88	24
236^th	Southeast Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gowrie	Webster County	0.367	123	113
	Southeast Warren Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Liberty Center	Warren County			(n/a)
130^th	Spencer Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spencer	Clay County	0.596	118	12
91^st	Spirit Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Spirit Lake	Dickinson County	0.692	78	13
83^rd	Springville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Springville	Linn County	0.723	66	17
9^th	St Ansgar Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Saint Ansgar	Mitchell County	0.949	14	5
114^th	Stanton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Stanton	Montgomery County	0.638	47	67
185^th	Starmont Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Arlington	Fayette County	0.482	198	13
309^th	Storm Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Storm Lake	Buena Vista County	0.043	311	2
	Stratford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Stratford	Hamilton County			(n/a)
166^th	Sumner-Fredericksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sumner	Bremer County	0.517	76	90
216^th	Tipton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tipton	Cedar County	0.415	195	21
3^rd	Treynor Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Treynor	Pottawattamie County	0.976	5	2
139^th	Tri-Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Neola	Pottawattamie County	0.575	135	4
245^th	Tri-County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Thornburg	Keokuk County	0.332	186	59
137^th	Tripoli Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tripoli	Bremer County	0.578	128	9
119^th	Turkey Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jackson Junction	Fayette County	0.628	108	11
252^nd	Twin Cedars Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bussey	Marion County	0.319	300	48
	Twin Rivers Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bode	Humboldt County			(n/a)
17^th	Underwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Underwood	Pottawattamie County	0.892	24	7
41^st	Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	La Porte City	Black Hawk County	0.8	81	40
295^th	United Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Boone	Boone County	0.178	201	94
175^th	Urbandale Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Urbandale	Polk County	0.497	187	12
208^th	Van Buren County Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Keosauqua	Van Buren County	0.422	216	8
4^th	Van Meter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Van Meter	Dallas County	0.972	3	1
142^nd	Villisca Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Villisca	Montgomery County	0.568	178	36
93^rd	Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Vinton	Benton County	0.687	77	16
229^th	Waco Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wayland	Henry County	0.378	140	89
264^th	Wapello Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wapello	Louisa County	0.276	272	8
	Wapsie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	0	1	0	Fairbank	Buchanan County			(n/a)
291^st	Washington Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Washington	Washington County	0.189	280	11
293^rd	Waterloo Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	4	3	0	Waterloo	Black Hawk County	0.181	289	4
44^th	Waukee Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	3	2	2	Waukee	Dallas County	0.797	38	6
64^th	Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Waverly	Bremer County	0.747	29	35
54^th	Wayne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corydon	Wayne County	0.769	68	14
231^st	Webster City Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Webster City	Hamilton County	0.377	249	18
181^st	West Bend-Mallard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Bend	Palo Alto County	0.487	121	60
204^th	West Branch Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Branch	Cedar County	0.435	177	27
149^th	West Burlington Ind School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	West Burlington	Des Moines County	0.554	156	7
292^nd	West Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maynard	Fayette County	0.187	238	54
	West Central Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Stuart	Guthrie County			(n/a)
70^th	West Delaware County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manchester	Delaware County	0.739	74	4
190^th	West Des Moines Community School District	PK, KG-12	9	2	2	1	West Des Moines	Polk County	0.474	175	15
148^th	West Fork Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rockwell	Cerro Gordo County	0.561	205	57
31^st	West Hancock Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Britt	Hancock County	0.848	8	23
169^th	West Harrison Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mondamin	Harrison County	0.507	200	31
305^th	West Liberty Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Liberty	Muscatine County	0.086	306	1
18^th	West Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Inwood	Lyon County	0.887	22	4
66^th	West Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	State Center	Marshall County	0.744	97	31
165^th	West Monona Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Onawa	Monona County	0.518	213	48
201^st	West Sioux Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hawarden	Sioux County	0.447	221	20
47^th	Western Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Farley	Dubuque County	0.792	63	16
121^st	Westwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sloan	Woodbury County	0.615	165	44
116^th	Whiting Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Whiting	Monona County	0.633	211	95
42^nd	Williamsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Williamsburg	Iowa County	0.8	27	15
163^rd	Wilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wilton	Muscatine County	0.519	184	21
271^st	Winfield-Mt Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Winfield	Henry County	0.248	268	3
150^th	Winterset Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Winterset	Madison County	0.552	112	38
238^th	Woodbine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Woodbine	Harrison County	0.364	234	4
61^st	Woodbury Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Moville	Woodbury County	0.758	96	35
57^th	Woodward-Granger Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Granger	Dallas County	0.767	34	23

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