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Creston, IA
Public School Ratings




Creston Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:  

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

Methodology:   Only Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location.


Creston Comm School District details

Creston Comm School District
801 N. Elm Street
Creston, IA 50801

1,426 Students enrolled in District

4 Schools in District

14 Students Per Classroom (State average is 14)

Creston Comm School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to Iowa

4

(10 is best)

Better than 35.7% of all IA school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Better than 59.7% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

80 60 40 20 0
73%
71%
76%
72%
70%
69%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Creston Early Childhood Center School
901 N Elm St
Creston, IA, 50801
PK-KG
Creston Elementary School
805 Academic Ave
Creston, IA, 50801
01-05
Creston High School
601 W Townline
Creston, IA, 50801
09-12
Creston Middle School
805 Academic Ave.
Creston, IA, 50801
06-08

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 89.6% 75.0%
Black 1.7% 7.5%
Hispanic 7.9% 13.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 1.1%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 53.0% 40.8%
Free lunch eligible 47.3% 36.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.8% 4.8%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,033 $11,455,000 53.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $358 $511,000 2.4%
Staff $468 $668,000 3.1%
General Administration $333 $475,000 2.2%
School Administration $830 $1,183,000 5.5%
Operation $1,302 $1,857,000 8.7%
Transportation $434 $619,000 2.9%
Other $190 $271,000 1.3%
Total Support $3,916 $5,584,000 26.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,100 $4,421,000 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,049 $21,460,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,867 $3,999,465,000 46.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $827 $420,541,000 4.9%
Staff $865 $439,588,000 5.1%
General Administration $335 $170,522,000 2.0%
School Administration $765 $388,681,000 4.6%
Operation $1,213 $616,942,000 7.2%
Transportation $481 $244,434,000 2.9%
Other $419 $213,166,000 2.5%
Total Support $4,905 $2,493,874,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,028 $2,048,038,000 24.0%
Total Expenditures $16,800 $8,541,377,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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