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Schools in Castalia

Castalia’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools 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
53%
2021–22
Math proficiency
43%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.2K
▲ 4% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.2
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
705 students on the public path
In brief

Castalia’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Castalia’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. John R Mott Jr/Hi School places highest (better than 14%); Cora B Darling Elementary lowest (7%). 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 Castalia, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Cora B Darling Elementaryin PostvilleD
7–12John R Mott Jr/Hi Schoolin PostvilleD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Postville 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.

Postville Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 737 students, up 7% since 2021–22 · 11.2 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$14,212IA $13,713 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading53%
State average 69.7% · 462 students tested
Math43%
State average 63.8% · 462 students tested

Castalia vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Castalia—Postville

Every school in Castalia

2 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 Castaliain other towns
Cora B Darling Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Postville
D
363 students11:1Rate it →
John R Mott Jr/Hi School
High · Grades 7–12 · Postville
D
342 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Castalia’s schools

Are Castalia’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Castalia. Postville Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Castalia. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Castalia in?

Postville Community School District.

Where do Castalia kids go to high school?

John R Mott Jr/Hi School.

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What Castalia families are saying about 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.