Schools · Lowden

Lowden, IA schools

Lowden’s public schools score below Iowa’s averages: 63% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 84% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%. Kids attend North Cedar Jr/Sr High School.

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

DSchool Grade

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Lowden’s School Grade: D

The public schools Lowden’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 87% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scoresDGraduation

Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 13%

Lower resultsHigher results

Iowa towns with similar household incomes (506)Better than 15%

Good confidence. Built on 409 tested students and a graduating class of 55; 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 Lowden kids go to school

Grades 7–12

C+North Cedar Jr/Sr High School 243 students · Clarence North Cedar 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

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades 7–12, North Cedar Community)63%

State average 67.8%

Math (grades 7–12, North Cedar Community)61%

State average 64.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

84% graduate on time

Graduation rate

84%

IA: 91.4%

Graduating class

students

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

Districts

The district serving Lowden

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North Cedar Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 550 students

$17,249 per studentIA $13,713D

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

Within reach

Colleges near Lowden

There’s no college in Lowden, but 6 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Cornell College in Mount Vernon, 26.2 miles away.

Cornell CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Mount Vernon26.2 mi1,082 students Saint Ambrose UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Davenport28.2 mi2,468 students

Ross College-DavenportCareer school · For-profit · Davenport28.5 mi40 students

Palmer College of ChiropracticUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Davenport29 mi2,213 students

Orion Technical CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · Davenport29 mi62 students

Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictCommunity college · Public · Davenport29.4 mi5,075 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Lowden. 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.

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