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Schools in Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools 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
78%
2021–22
Math proficiency
77%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.3K
▼ 3% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.0
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,082 students on the public path
In brief

Crystal Lake’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Crystal Lake’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Forest City Middle School places highest (better than 78%); Forest City Elementary School lowest (45%). 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 Crystal Lake, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Forest City Elementary Schoolin Forest CityB−
5–8Forest City Middle Schoolin Forest CityA−
9–12Forest City High Schoolin Forest CityB

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

Forest City Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,082 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.0 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$13,341IA $13,713 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading78%
State average 69.7% · 721 students tested
Math77%
State average 63.8% · 717 students tested

Crystal Lake vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Crystal Lake—Forest City

Every school in Crystal Lake

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 Crystal Lakein other towns
Forest City Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Forest City
B−
448 students12:1Rate it →
Forest City Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Forest City
A−
330 students13:1Rate it →
Forest City High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Forest City
B
304 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Crystal Lake’s schools

Are Crystal Lake’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Crystal Lake. Forest City Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Crystal Lake. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Crystal Lake in?

Forest City Community School District.

Where do Crystal Lake kids go to high school?

Forest City 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.