Cardinal Community School District
Serves Eldon, Agency and Batavia.
What stands out about Cardinal Community School District
- Its letter, C: results better than 34% of Iowa districts
- Math proficiency 11 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 7 pts below the state
- Graduation rate 10 pts above the state
- Spends 9% less per student than the IA average
- 14 students per teacher
- Debt of $9.4M, about $8,744 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
C: better than 34% of the 326 Iowa school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Eldon. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. IA
2021–22 · class of 2023100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Iowa’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Iowa.