Schools · Chester
Chester, IA schools
Chester’s public schools score above Iowa’s averages: 70% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
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B−
Chester’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Chester’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 54% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
C+Test scoresB-Graduation
Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 54%
Lower resultsHigher results
Iowa towns with similar household incomes (627)Better than 60%
High confidence. Built on 743 tested students and a graduating class of 98; 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, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- 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.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (Howard-Winneshiek Community)70%
State average 67.8%
Math (Howard-Winneshiek Community)62%
State average 64.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
97% graduate on time
Graduation rate
97%
IA: 91.4%
Graduating class
98
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
The district serving Chester
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
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