Lowell’s public schools score below 64% of Iowa districts
The public schools Lowell’s kids attend trail 64% of Iowa’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Lowell 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.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Close to the state in reading
Parents talk
What Lowell families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Lowell
There’s no college in Lowell, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Southeastern Community College in West Burlington, 14 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Lowell. 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.