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Schools in Bridgewater

Bridgewater’s public schools

Nodaway Valley Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bridgewater. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Iowa’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Iowa’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
71%
2021–22
Math proficiency
71%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.9K
▲ 1% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.8
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
636 students on the public path
In brief

Bridgewater’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Bridgewater’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Nodaway Valley Middle School places highest (better than 63%); Nodaway Valley High School lowest (37%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Bridgewater, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Nodaway Valley Elementary Schoolin GreenfieldC+
6–8Nodaway Valley Middle Schoolin FontanelleB
9–12Nodaway Valley High Schoolin GreenfieldC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Nodaway Valley Community School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Nodaway Valley Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 636 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 12.8 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$13,917IA $13,713 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading71%
State average 69.7% · 393 students tested
Math71%
State average 63.8% · 392 students tested

Bridgewater vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Bridgewater’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bridgewater—Nodaway Valley

Every school in Bridgewater

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Iowa’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Bridgewaterin other towns
Nodaway Valley Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Greenfield
C+
312 students14:1Rate it →
Nodaway Valley Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Fontanelle
B
144 students16:1Rate it →
Nodaway Valley High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Greenfield
C+
180 students10:1Rate it →

Questions about Bridgewater’s schools

Are Bridgewater’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bridgewater. Nodaway Valley Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bridgewater. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bridgewater in?

Nodaway Valley Community School District.

Where do Bridgewater kids go to high school?

Nodaway Valley High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.