Dayton’s public schools score below 58% of Iowa districts
The public schools Dayton’s kids attend trail 58% of Iowa’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
How Dayton compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Iowa’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Iowa only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Dayton.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Above the state in reading
Every school in Dayton
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Dayton families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Dayton
There’s no college in Dayton, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, 17.1 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Dayton. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Iowa. Stars are from neighbors.