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Schools in Promise City

Promise City’s public schools

Seymour Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Promise 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 98% 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
47%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.2K
▲ 33% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.9
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
219 students on the public path
In brief

Promise City’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Promise City’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Seymour High School places highest (better than 15%); Seymour Elementary School lowest (2%). 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 Promise City, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–4Seymour Elementary Schoolin SeymourD−
5–12Seymour High Schoolin SeymourC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Seymour 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.

Seymour Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 219 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 9.9 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$18,184IA $13,713 · FY2024
D−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading47%
State average 69.7% · 145 students tested
Math47%
State average 63.8% · 145 students tested

Promise City vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Promise City—Seymour

Every school in Promise 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 Promise Cityin other towns
Seymour Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Seymour
D−
98 students8:1Rate it →
Seymour High School
High · Grades 5–12 · Seymour
C−
121 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Promise City’s schools

Are Promise City’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Promise City. Seymour Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Promise 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 Promise City in?

Seymour Community School District.

Where do Promise City kids go to high school?

Seymour High School.

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What Promise 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 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.