Schools · Lambs Grove

Lambs Grove, IA schools

Lambs Grove’s public schools score well below Iowa’s averages: 62% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%. Kids attend Thomas Jefferson Elementary School through grade 4, then Berg Middle School.

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

TownTapestry School GradeNew

C

Lambs Grove’s School Grade: C

The public schools Lambs Grove’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 74% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scoresCGraduation

Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 26%

Lower resultsHigher results

Iowa towns with similar household incomes (373)Better than 21%

High confidence. Built on 1,915 tested students and a graduating class of 219; 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.

School path

Where Lambs Grove kids go to school

Grades PK–4

B-Thomas Jefferson Elementary School 380 students · Newton Newton Community School District

Grades 5–8

C-Berg Middle School 790 students · Newton Newton 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 below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Newton Community)62%

State average 67.8%

Math (grades PK–8, Newton Community)59%

State average 64.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

IA: 91.4%

Graduating class

219

students

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

Districts

The district serving Lambs Grove

Newton Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 2,669 students

$14,495 per studentIA $13,713C

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

Within reach

Colleges near Lambs Grove

There’s no college in Lambs Grove, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Grinnell College in Grinnell, 18.7 miles away.

Grinnell CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Grinnell18.7 mi1,775 students Central CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Pella22.2 mi1,095 students Marshalltown Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Marshalltown22.5 mi1,389 students Grand View UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Des Moines27.5 mi1,522 students Des Moines Area Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Ankeny27.5 mi18,993 students Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Ankeny28.2 mi396 students Mercy College of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Des Moines29.2 mi668 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Lambs Grove. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

Every school

All 1 school in Lambs Grove

Level

All 1 Elementary 1

Type

All 1 Public 1

Showing 1–1 of 1 school

Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–4 · 380 students

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

Also serving Lambs Grove

Schools Lambs Grove kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Lambs Grove’s district that are located in Newton.

Berg Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 790 students · Newton