Schools · Carson

Carson, IA schools

Carson’s public schools score close to Iowa’s averages: 68% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%. Kids attend Oakland Elementary through grade 2, then Carson Elementary.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C+School Grade

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Carson’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Carson’s kids attend trail 57% of Iowa’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

C+Test scores

Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 43%

Lower resultsHigher results

Iowa towns with similar household incomes (621)Better than 44%

Good confidence. Built on 419 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Iowa’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Iowa only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Iowa with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Carson kids go to school

Grades PK–2

Oakland Elementary 178 students · Oakland Riverside Community School District

Grades 3–5

CCarson Elementary 134 students · Carson Riverside Community School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–5, Riverside Community)68%

State average 67.8%

Math (grades PK–5, Riverside Community)66%

State average 64.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

IA: 91.4%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Carson

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Riverside Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 677 students

$15,073 per studentIA $13,713C+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Carson

There’s no college in Carson, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, 19.8 miles away.

Iowa Western Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Council Bluffs19.8 mi3,841 students Bellevue UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bellevue26.5 mi726 students Creighton UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Omaha27.5 mi6,982 students Metropolitan Community College AreaCommunity college · Public · Omaha28.4 mi12,911 students University of Nebraska Medical CenterUniversity or college · Public · Omaha28.8 mi3,227 students Clarkson CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Omaha28.9 mi354 students

Universal College of Healing ArtsCareer school · For-profit · Omaha29 mi27 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Carson. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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