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Schools in Garden City

Garden City’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Iowa’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Iowa’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
70%
2021–22
Math proficiency
73%
2021–22
Spent per student
$13.3K
▼ 3% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.0
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
377 students on the public path
In brief

Garden City’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Garden City’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. South Hardin Middle School places highest (better than 45%); Hubbard-Radcliffe Elementary School lowest (45%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Garden City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Hubbard-Radcliffe Elementary Schoolin RadcliffeB−
6–8South Hardin Middle Schoolin HubbardB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hubbard-Radcliffe 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.

Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 2 schools · 377 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 13.0 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$13,287IA $13,713 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading70%
State average 69.7% · 260 students tested
Math73%
State average 63.8% · 260 students tested

Garden City vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Garden City—Hubbard-Radcliffe

Every school in Garden City

2 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 Garden Cityin other towns
Hubbard-Radcliffe Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Radcliffe
B−
181 students13:1Rate it →
South Hardin Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Hubbard
B−
196 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Garden City’s schools

Are Garden City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garden City. Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garden City. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Garden City in?

Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District.

Where do Garden City kids go to high school?

South Hardin Middle School.

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What Garden City families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) 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.