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Huxley, IA schools

Huxley’s public schools score well above Iowa’s averages: 78% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%. Kids attend Ballard West Elementary through grade 2, then Ballard East Elementary and Ballard Middle School.

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

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Huxley’s School Grade: A

The public schools Huxley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 89% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

ATest scoresB-Graduation
Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 89%
Lower resultsHigher results
Iowa towns with similar household incomes (174)Better than 76%
High confidence. Built on 1,138 tested students and a graduating class of 131; 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.
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Where Huxley kids go to school

Grades PK–2
Ballard West Elementary 451 students · Slater Ballard Community School District
Grades 3–5
A-Ballard East Elementary 417 students · Cambridge Ballard Community School District
Grades 6–8
ABallard Middle School 418 students · Huxley Ballard 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

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Ballard Community)78%
State average 67.8%
Math (grades PK–8, Ballard Community)80%
State average 64.1%
Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate
97%
IA: 91.4%
Graduating class
131
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #5 of 121 IA towns →

Districts

The district serving Huxley

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

Within reach

Colleges near Huxley

There’s no college in Huxley, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Iowa State University in Ames, 9.4 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Huxley. 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.

Every school

All 2 schools in Huxley

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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Schools Huxley kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Huxley’s district that are located in Slater and Cambridge. Which one depends on your address.

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