Schools · Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA schools
Council Bluffs’s public schools score well below Iowa’s averages: 55% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
D
Council Bluffs’s School Grade: D
The public schools Council Bluffs’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 86% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresC-Graduation
Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 14%
Lower resultsHigher results
Iowa towns with similar household incomes (639)Better than 14%
High confidence. Built on 7,671 tested students and a graduating class of 642; 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
Well below the state in reading
Reading (Council Bluffs Community)55%
State average 67.8%
Reading (Lewis Central Community)69%
State average 67.8%
Math (Council Bluffs Community)52%
State average 64.1%
Math (Lewis Central Community)65%
State average 64.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
86% graduate on time
Graduation rate
86%
IA: 91.4%
Graduating class
642
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 15 schools · 8,299 students
$15,997 per studentIA $13,713DLewis Central Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 3,143 students
$12,497 per studentIA $13,713BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Council Bluffs is home to Iowa Western Community College
More about Iowa Western Community College →Every school
All 21 schools in Council Bluffs
Showing 1–21 of 21 schools
Titan Hill Intermediate SchoolElementary · Grades 2–5 · 901 students
CPublicE A Kreft Primary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–1 · 502 students
PublicCollege View ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 488 students
B-PublicRoosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 455 students
C-PublicLongfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 431 students
DPublicFranklin Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 421 students
C-PublicHoover Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 401 students
C+PublicBloomer Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 396 students
DPublicRue Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 385 students
C-PublicEdison Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 384 students
DPublicLewis & Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 271 students
CPublicGerald W Kirn Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 913 students
C-PublicWoodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 855 students
C-PublicLewis Central Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 720 students
B-PublicAbraham Lincoln High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,333 students
C-PublicThomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,146 students
DPublicLewis Central Senior High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,020 students
BPublicAnne E. Nelson Early Learning CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 119 students
PublicSt. Albert CatholicOther · Grades PK–12 · 636 students
PrivateOneschool GlobalOther · Grades 3–12 · 19 students
PrivateLiberty Christian SchoolOther · Grades K–11 · 4 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.