ACADEMIC RANKING OF IA. SCHOOL DISTRICTS

 BASED ON 4TH GRADE READING SCORES--THE DE CLAIMS AS YEAR 2010-2011, BUT IS ACTUALLY YEAR 2009 DATA.

The following ranking of 345 Iowa School Districts is based on 4th grade reading test scores obtained from the Department of Education.   As shown in the table, the Percent Proficient numbers are reported by the Department of Education, based on the  Iowa 40th National Percentile Rank Standard, adopted by Judy Jeffrey, past Director of the Dept. of Ed. 

This standard fraudulently claims 4th grade math students proficient when scoring at an equivalent IA. 3rd grade level.  This level coincides with Kathi Slaughter, who when working at the Department of Ed. conceded that Iowa students are graduating with academic skills two grades lower than students several years ago.  The first of these two lost grade levels occurs at or before 4th grade

The skills for effectively teaching reading to all students are practiced by Judy Hintz, at Educational Recourses, in West Des Moines--and likely other such private classes.  

Unfortunately, Des Moines and other failing Iowa School Districts refuse to use such time proven methods.  They rather choose to try costly, unproven methods that always fail, resulting in criminal, career and life limiting--academic child abuse, at egregious cost to taxpayers. 

The Department of Education refuses to make and post the following table on its website.   As a result, Iowalive net workers do so, at no cost to anyone. 

Note the rampant academic child abuse shown by the % of 4th grade students reading at or below the 3rd grade level.  These students have no chance of achieving grade level learning skills in Iowa public schools.   They slide farther and farther behind until graduating with skills at least two grades below graduating grade level, as reported by Kathi Slaughter, when at the Department of Education. 

AT LEAST 30% OF IOWA 4TH GRADERS ARE READING BELOW THE 3RD GRADE LEVEL,

DUE PRIMARILY TO THE AWFUL EIGHT LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

 

IOWA SCHOOL DISTRICT RANKING IN 4th Reading 2010-2011 Source:  Department of Education
RANKING OF 345 IA. SCHOOL DISTRICTS  TESTED	SCHOOL DISTRICT.  THE EIGHT LARGEST IOWA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SHOWN IN RED.  Iowa City, the best of the eight, is ranked 212th in the state.   Waterloo, the worst, is ranked 336th.	*Percent Districts Claim Proficient--Based on IA. 40th National Percentile Rank Standard--Which Equates to Reading at the Iowa 3rd Grade                   Level                                                 %	Percent   Reading  at or Below the  Iowa 3rd Grade Level, When Tested in 4th Grade              %
NA	Clearfield	Small Class	NA
NA	Delwood	Small Class	NA
NA	Diagonal	Small Class	NA
NA	Dows	Small Class	NA
NA	Lineville-Clio	Small Class	NA
NA	Orient-Macksburg	Small Class	NA
NA	Pomeroy-Palmer	Small Class	NA
NA	Prescott	Small Class	NA
NA	Stratford	Small Class	NA
NA	Walnut	Small Class	NA
1	Bennett	100	0.0
2	Elk Horn-Kimballton	100	0.0
3	Harris-Lake Park	100	0.0
4	Nishna Valley	100	0.0
5	Odebolt-Arthur	100	0.0
6	Schleswig	100	0.0
7	Whiting	100	0.0
8	Ogden	97.73	0.0
9	Melcher-Dallas	95	5.0
10	Waverly-Shell Rock	94.74	5.3
11	West Lyon	94.44	5.6
12	Pekin	94.34	5.7
13	Gilbert	94.32	5.7
14	Ar-We-Va	94.12	5.9
15	West Harrison	93.94	6.1
16	North Winneshiek	93.75	6.3
17	Terril	93.75	6.3
18	Sioux Center	93.67	6.3
19	Algona	93.59	6.4
20	Forest City	93.42	6.6
21	Lynnville-Sully	92.86	7.1
22	Pella	92.7	7.3
23	Mount Ayr	92.68	7.3
24	Williamsburg	92.65	7.3
25	Sergeant Bluff-Luton	92.52	7.5
26	Griswold	92.31	7.7
27	Starmont	92.16	7.8
28	Decorah	91.82	8.2
29	Moulton-Udell	91.67	8.3
30	Anthon-Oto	90.91	9.1
31	North Fayette	90.91	9.1
32	Pleasant Valley	90.77	9.2
33	Ames	90.75	9.3
34	Allison-Bristow	90.48	9.5
35	Remsen-Union	90.48	9.5
36	Calamus-Wheatland	90.32	9.7
37	Cedar Falls	90.07	9.9
38	Pleasantville	90	10.0
39	Sentral	90	10.0
40	Jefferson-Scranton	89.74	10.3
41	GMG	89.66	10.3
42	Bondurant-Farrar	89.58	10.4
43	Mediapolis	89.47	10.5
44	Adel DeSoto Minburn	89.42	10.6
45	Harmony	89.29	10.7
46	Waukee	89.2	10.8
47	Hudson	89.13	10.9
48	Linn-Mar	89.09	10.9
49	Aurelia	88.89	11.1
50	Central City	88.89	11.1
51	Dallas Center-Grimes	88.89	11.1
52	North Scott	88.73	11.3
53	Prairie Valley	88.64	11.4
54	Iowa Valley	88.46	11.5
55	Pocahontas Area	88.46	11.5
56	Morning Sun	88.24	11.8
57	Logan-Magnolia	88.14	11.9
58	North Linn	88.1	11.9
59	Johnston	88.06	11.9
60	Harlan	88.03	12.0
61	Keota	88	12.0
62	Sumner	88	12.0
63	Okoboji	87.93	12.1
64	Winterset	87.93	12.1
65	Mount Vernon	87.91	12.1
66	Central Lyon	87.8	12.2
67	Ankeny	87.4	12.6
68	Muscatine	87.37	12.6
69	Lenox	87.1	12.9
70	Bettendorf	87.08	12.9
71	Roland-Story	87.01	13.0
72	Union	86.75	13.3
73	South Hamilton	86.54	13.5
74	Glenwood	86.51	13.5
75	Southeast Webster Grand	86.49	13.5
76	Adair-Casey	86.36	13.6
77	Denver	86.36	13.6
78	Underwood	86.27	13.7
79	Akron Westfield	86.21	13.8
80	Colo-Nesco	86.11	13.9
81	Mount Pleasant	86	14.0
82	Le Mars	85.9	14.1
83	Spirit Lake	85.88	14.1
84	Farragut	85.71	14.3
85	Van Buren	85.71	14.3
86	Van Meter	85.71	14.3
87	College	85.67	14.3
88	Earlham	85.45	14.6
89	Dike-New Hartford	85.42	14.6
90	Madrid	85.42	14.6
91	Boyden-Hull	85.37	14.6
92	Lone Tree	85.29	14.7
93	Tipton	85.25	14.8
94	Battle Creek-Ida Grove	85.11	14.9
95	Webster City	85.06	14.9
96	Nora Springs-Rock Falls	85	15.0
97	North Kossuth	85	15.0
98	Rockwell City-Lytton	85	15.0
99	West Des Moines	84.86	15.1
100	Albia	84.85	15.2
101	Waco	84.85	15.2
102	Interstate 35	84.75	15.3
103	MOC-Floyd Valley	84.62	15.4
104	Paton-Churdan	84.62	15.4
105	Southeast Warren	84.62	15.4
106	Valley	84.44	15.6
107	Dunkerton	84.38	15.6
108	Grundy Center	84.38	15.6
109	Shenandoah	84.38	15.6
110	North Polk	84.27	15.7
111	Boone	84.21	15.8
112	Glidden-Ralston	84.21	15.8
113	West Bend-Mallard	84.21	15.8
114	Humboldt	84.06	15.9
115	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn	84	16.0
116	Panorama	84	16.0
117	Tri-Center	84	16.0
118	Bedford	83.87	16.1
119	Carroll	83.87	16.1
120	George-Little Rock	83.87	16.1
121	Southern Cal	83.87	16.1
122	West Marshall	83.87	16.1
123	Chariton	83.81	16.2
124	Belle Plaine	83.78	16.2
125	Burlington	83.78	16.2
126	Indianola	83.73	16.3
127	Kingsley-Pierson	83.72	16.3
128	Garner-Hayfield	83.64	16.4
129	Clay Central-Everly	83.33	16.7
130	Malvern	83.33	16.7
131	Murray	83.33	16.7
132	North Central	83.33	16.7
133	Preston	83.33	16.7
134	Sac	83.33	16.7
135	Sidney	83.33	16.7
136	Turkey Valley	83.33	16.7
137	East Union	82.93	17.1
138	Lawton-Bronson	82.93	17.1
139	Newell-Fonda	82.86	17.1
140	Norwalk	82.81	17.2
141	Danville	82.76	17.2
142	West Central Valley	82.69	17.3
143	Grinnell-Newburg	82.61	17.4
144	Maquoketa Valley	82.61	17.4
145	Northeast	82.61	17.4
146	Solon	82.61	17.4
147	Marion Independent	82.35	17.7
148	Treynor	82.35	17.7
149	West Central	82.35	17.7
150	Urbandale	82.33	17.7
151	Nevada	82.24	17.8
152	St Ansgar	82.22	17.8
153	Rock Valley	82.05	18.0
154	Fort Madison	82.01	18.0
155	PCM	81.97	18.0
156	Fairfield	81.9	18.1
157	Eagle Grove	81.82	18.2
158	Emmetsburg	81.82	18.2
159	Mid-Prairie	81.82	18.2
160	Wayne	81.82	18.2
161	West Branch	81.82	18.2
162	Spencer	81.67	18.3
163	Central Clinton	81.63	18.4
164	Estherville Lincoln Central	81.32	18.7
165	Osage	81.25	18.8
166	Wilton	81.25	18.8
167	Alburnett	81.08	18.9
168	Corning	81.08	18.9
169	Greene	80.95	19.1
170	Baxter	80.77	19.2
171	New Hampton	80.77	19.2
172	Audubon	80.56	19.4
173	Edgewood-Colesburg	80.56	19.4
174	Knoxville	80.36	19.6
175	Sibley-Ocheyedan	80.36	19.6
176	Carlisle	80.15	19.9
177	Anita	80	20.0
178	Clarion-Goldfield	80	20.0
179	Davis County	80	20.0
180	North Tama County	80	20.0
181	Stanton	80	20.0
182	Twin Cedars	80	20.0
183	Wall Lake View Auburn	80	20.0
184	Southeast Polk	79.86	20.1
185	Charles City	79.79	20.2
186	Vinton-Shellsburg	79.66	20.3
187	Atlantic	79.63	20.4
188	Nashua-Plainfield	79.63	20.4
189	Wapello	79.59	20.4
190	West Delaware County	79.55	20.5
191	Nodaway Valley	79.49	20.5
192	Sheldon	79.45	20.6
193	Galva-Holstein	79.41	20.6
194	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn	79.41	20.6
195	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom	79.31	20.7
196	South Winneshiek	79.31	20.7
197	Louisa-Muscatine	79.25	20.8
198	A-H-S-T	79.17	20.8
199	Tri-County	79.17	20.8
200	Ballard	79.13	20.9
201	Independence	79	21.0
202	Clear Creek Amana	78.95	21.1
203	East Greene	78.95	21.1
204	English Valleys	78.95	21.1
205	Montezuma	78.95	21.1
206	Aplington-Parkersburg	78.69	21.3
207	CAL	78.57	21.4
208	Exira	78.57	21.4
209	Fredericksburg	78.57	21.4
210	Hamburg	78.57	21.4
211	Ventura	78.57	21.4
212	Iowa City	78.49	21.5
213	Allamakee	78.46	21.5
214	Western Dubuque	78.42	21.6
215	Eastern Allamakee	78.26	21.7
216	Wapsie Valley	78.18	21.8
217	Alta	78.13	21.9
218	Central	77.78	22.2
219	Martensdale-St Marys	77.78	22.2
220	Northeast Hamilton	77.78	22.2
221	Missouri Valley	77.61	22.4
222	East Buchanan	77.55	22.5
223	Dubuque	77.33	22.7
224	Cardinal	77.27	22.7
225	Mason City	77.24	22.8
226	Maquoketa	77.14	22.9
227	Northwood-Kensett	77.14	22.9
228	Lake Mills	77.08	22.9
229	MFL MarMac	77.08	22.9
230	Center Point-Urbana	77.06	22.9
231	BCLUW	76.92	23.1
232	Eddyville-Blakesburg	76.92	23.1
233	North Cedar	76.92	23.1
234	Creston	76.84	23.2
235	Midland	76.67	23.3
236	Springville	76.67	23.3
237	Keokuk	76.56	23.4
238	Cedar Rapids	76.39	23.6
239	Rockwell-Swaledale	76.36	23.6
240	Central Lee	76.32	23.7
241	Fort Dodge	76.1	23.9
242	North Mahaska	76.09	23.9
243	IKM	76	24.0
244	Woodward-Granger	76	24.0
245	Iowa Falls	75.95	24.1
246	Council Bluffs	75.94	24.1
247	Newton	75.7	24.3
248	Eldora-New Providence	75.68	24.3
249	Guthrie Center	75.61	24.4
250	Saydel	75.61	24.4
251	Lisbon	75.56	24.4
252	Clear Lake	75.47	24.5
253	Monticello	75.34	24.7
254	Alden	75	25.0
255	Charter Oak-Ute	75	25.0
256	Clarinda	75	25.0
257	Essex	75	25.0
258	Tripoli	75	25.0
259	Anamosa	74.68	25.3
260	Colfax-Mingo	74.51	25.5
261	South O'Brien	74.36	25.6
262	Westwood	74.29	25.7
263	Maple Valley	74.07	25.9
264	Clarksville	73.91	26.1
265	East Central	73.91	26.1
266	Manson Northwest Webster	73.91	26.1
267	Ottumwa	73.77	26.2
268	United	73.68	26.3
269	Oskaloosa	73.6	26.4
270	Centerville	73.58	26.4
271	Albert City-Truesdale	73.33	26.7
272	Winfield-Mt Union	73.33	26.7
273	Olin Consolidated	72.73	27.3
274	West Hancock	72.73	27.3
275	Lewis Central	72.69	27.3
276	Hampton-Dumont	72.46	27.5
277	Camanche	72.29	27.7
278	Hinton	72.22	27.8
279	Moravia	72.22	27.8
280	Clinton	72.05	28.0
281	Benton	71.96	28.0
282	River Valley	71.88	28.1
283	Belmond-Klemme	71.74	28.3
284	Gladbrook-Reinbeck	71.74	28.3
285	Collins-Maxwell	71.43	28.6
286	Durant	71.43	28.6
287	Oelwein	71.43	28.6
288	Cherokee	71.25	28.8
289	Riverside	70.97	29.0
290	Howard-Winneshiek	70.89	29.1
291	Davenport	70.85	29.2
292	Jesup	70.42	29.6
293	Sioux City	70.03	30.0
294	Armstrong-Ringsted	70	30.0
295	South Page	70	30.0
296	West Monona	70	30.0
297	Storm Lake	69.81	30.2
298	Boyer Valley	69.7	30.3
299	Lamoni	69.57	30.4
300	Clayton Ridge	69.44	30.6
301	East Marshall	69.23	30.8
302	Denison	69.17	30.8
303	Clarke	68.97	31.0
304	Woodbury Central	68.29	31.7
305	Red Oak	68.12	31.9
306	Sigourney	68.09	31.9
307	Fremont-Mills	68	32.0
308	Bellevue	67.65	32.4
309	AGWSR	67.44	32.6
310	Postville	67.44	32.6
311	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk	67.44	32.6
312	Central Decatur	66.67	33.3
313	H-L-V	66.67	33.3
314	LuVerne	66.67	33.3
315	West Burlington Ind	66.67	33.3
316	Highland	66	34.0
317	West Sioux	65.96	34.0
318	Marshalltown	65	35.0
319	Ruthven-Ayrshire	64.71	35.3
320	South Tama County	64.58	35.4
321	Perry	64.57	35.4
322	Schaller-Crestland	64.29	35.7
323	Seymour	64.29	35.7
324	New London	63.89	36.1
325	Des Moines Independent	63.75	36.3
326	Coon Rapids-Bayard	63.64	36.4
327	Manning	63.64	36.4
328	C and M	62.5	37.5
329	Sioux Central	62.5	37.5
330	Titonka Consolidated	61.9	38.1
331	Woodbine	61.9	38.1
332	Washington	61.48	38.5
333	Janesville Consolidated	61.11	38.9
334	Mormon Trail	61.11	38.9
335	North Iowa	60.71	39.3
336	Waterloo	60.6	39.4
337	Fremont	60	40.0
338	Riceville	59.09	40.9
339	Gilmore City-Bradgate	58.82	41.2
340	Laurens-Marathon	56.25	43.8
341	West Liberty	55.1	44.9
342	Hubbard-Radcliffe	54.55	45.5
343	Andrew	52.63	47.4
344	Columbus	50.79	49.2
345	Villisca	50	50.0
ANYONE CLAIMING TO HAVE BETTER NUMBERS IS ASKED TO PROVIDE THEM.
*When Kathi Slaugher was at the Department of Education, she conceded Iowa graduates were two grade levels below what they once were.  The 40th National Percentile Rank Iowa Standard was chosen by the Dept. of Ed. Director to hide this fact by fraudulently claiming students to be  'Proficient' at enrolled grade level--when reading 1 or more grades below enrolled grade level.