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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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Creston Comm School District details

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

1,442 Students enrolled in District

4 Schools in District

13 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 35.3% of all IA school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Better than 61.1% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

80 60 40 20 0
72%
70%
73%
71%
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) 91.2% 75.9%
Black 1.4% 7.3%
Hispanic 6.5% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 1.0%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 50.9% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 43.2% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.7% 5.5%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,141 $11,739,000 54.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $353 $509,000 2.4%
Staff $511 $737,000 3.4%
General Administration $305 $440,000 2.0%
School Administration $772 $1,113,000 5.2%
Operation $1,200 $1,730,000 8.0%
Transportation $386 $556,000 2.6%
Other $174 $251,000 1.2%
Total Support $3,700 $5,336,000 24.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,064 $4,419,000 20.6%
Total Expenditures $14,906 $21,494,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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