Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Crescent’s public schools
Council Bluffs Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Crescent. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
Crescent’s schools, in brief
School by school
0 of Crescent’s 14 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. College View Elementary places highest (better than 45%); Carter Lake Elementary School lowest (4%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Ten elementary schools serve Crescent, graded from D− to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Abraham Lincoln High School and Thomas Jefferson High School. 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 Crescent, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Crescent · depends on your address
Gerald W Kirn Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 913 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 855 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
7th grade in Crescent · depends on your address
Gerald W Kirn Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 913 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 855 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
8th grade in Crescent · depends on your address
Gerald W Kirn Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 913 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 855 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
9th grade in Crescent · depends on your address
Abraham Lincoln High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,333 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
Thomas Jefferson High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,146 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
10th grade in Crescent · depends on your address
Abraham Lincoln High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,333 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
Thomas Jefferson High School
Grades 9–12 · 1,146 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Council Bluffs
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Council Bluffs 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.
Well below the state in reading
Crescent vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Crescent’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Crescent | — | Council Bluffs |
Every school in Crescent
14 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).
Questions about Crescent’s schools
Are Crescent’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Crescent. Council Bluffs Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Crescent. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 14 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Crescent in?
Council Bluffs Community School District.
Where do Crescent kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Abraham Lincoln High School and Thomas Jefferson High School.
Parents talk
What Crescent families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Crescent → They have their own page.
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.