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Schools in Lime Springs

Lime Springs’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools 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
73%
2021–22
Math proficiency
65%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.1K
▲ 10% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.3
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
978 students on the public path
In brief

Lime Springs’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Lime Springs’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Crestwood Elementary School places highest (better than 50%); Crestwood High School lowest (44%). 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 Lime Springs, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–4Crestwood Elementary Schoolin CrescoB−
5–8Crestwood Middle Schoolin CrescoNo scores
9–12Crestwood High Schoolin CrescoC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Howard-Winneshiek 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.

Howard-Winneshiek Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,021 students · 12.3 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$15,077IA $13,713 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading73%
State average 69.7% · 713 students tested
Math65%
State average 63.8% · 713 students tested

Lime Springs vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lime Springs—Howard-Winneshiek

Every school in Lime Springs

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 Lime Springsin other towns
Crestwood Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Cresco
B−
349 students11:1Rate it →
Crestwood Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Cresco
283 students14:1Rate it →
Crestwood High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Cresco
C+
346 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Lime Springs’s schools

Are Lime Springs’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lime Springs. Howard-Winneshiek Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lime Springs. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Lime Springs in?

Howard-Winneshiek Community School District.

Where do Lime Springs kids go to high school?

Crestwood 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.