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Schools in Dickens

Dickens’s public schools

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

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

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

Reading proficiency
74%
2021–22
Math proficiency
72%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.4K
▼ 2% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.2
IA 14.1 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,845 students on the public path
In brief

Dickens’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Dickens’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Spencer Middle School places highest (better than 78%); Lincoln Elementary School lowest (63%). 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 Dickens, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–KJohnson Elementaryin SpencerNo scores
3–5Lincoln Elementary Schoolin SpencerB
6–8Spencer Middle Schoolin SpencerA−
9–12Spencer High Schoolin SpencerB

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

Spencer Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,094 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 15.2 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$13,383IA $13,713 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading74%
State average 69.7% · 1469 students tested
Math72%
State average 63.8% · 1477 students tested

Dickens vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Dickens—Spencer

Every school in Dickens

4 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 Dickensin other towns
Johnson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Spencer
201 students11:1Rate it →
Lincoln Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Spencer
B
442 students16:1Rate it →
Spencer Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Spencer
A−
514 students17:1Rate it →
Spencer High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Spencer
B
688 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Dickens’s schools

Are Dickens’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Dickens. Spencer Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dickens. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 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 Dickens in?

Spencer Community School District.

Where do Dickens kids go to high school?

Spencer 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.