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Schools in Oakland Acres

Oakland Acres’s public schools

Grinnell-Newburg Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Oakland Acres. 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 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
77%
2021–22
Math proficiency
75%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.2K
▼ 4% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.7
IA 14.1 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,534 students on the public path
In brief

Oakland Acres’s schools, in brief

School by school

3 of Oakland Acres’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Grinnell Community Senior High School places highest (better than 89%); Grinnell Community Middle School lowest (76%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Oakland Acres, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one elementary school, one middle school and one high school: Grinnell Community Senior High School. 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 Oakland Acres, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–22 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressNo scores
3–4Davis Elementary Schoolin GrinnellA−
5–8Grinnell Community Middle Schoolin GrinnellA−
9–12Grinnell Community Senior High Schoolin GrinnellA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Grinnell-Newburg 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.

Grinnell-Newburg Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,534 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 14.7 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$13,183IA $13,713 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading77%
State average 69.7% · 1033 students tested
Math75%
State average 63.8% · 1035 students tested

Oakland Acres vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Oakland Acres—Grinnell-Newburg

Every school in Oakland Acres

5 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 Oakland Acresin other towns
Fairview Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Grinnell
242 students14:1Rate it →
Bailey Park Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Grinnell
147 students14:1Rate it →
Davis Elementary School
Elementary · Grades 3–4 · Grinnell
A−
213 students15:1Rate it →
Grinnell Community Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Grinnell
A−
420 students13:1Rate it →
Grinnell Community Senior High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Grinnell
A
512 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Oakland Acres’s schools

Are Oakland Acres’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Oakland Acres. Grinnell-Newburg Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Oakland Acres. 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 Oakland Acres in?

Grinnell-Newburg Community School District.

Where do Oakland Acres kids go to high school?

Grinnell Community Senior 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.