Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Eldon’s public schools
Cardinal Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Eldon. Each school below is shown with its own results.
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
Eldon’s schools, in brief
School by school
0 of Eldon’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Cardinal Elementary places highest (better than 32%); Cardinal High School lowest (12%). 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 Eldon, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Eldon
Cardinal Elementary
Grades PK–4 · 495 students · 13:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Eldon
Cardinal High School
Grades 9–12 · 270 students · 13:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Eldon
Cardinal High School
Grades 9–12 · 270 students · 13:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Eldon
Cardinal High School
Grades 9–12 · 270 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cardinal 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
Eldon vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Eldon’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Eldon | — | Cardinal |
Every school in Eldon
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).
Questions about Eldon’s schools
Are Eldon’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Eldon. Cardinal Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Eldon. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 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 Eldon in?
Cardinal Community School District.
Where do Eldon kids go to high school?
Cardinal High School.
Parents talk
What Eldon families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Eldon → 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.