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Schools in Ricketts

Ricketts’s public schools

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

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

Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
77%
2021–22
Math proficiency
72%
2021–22
Spent per student
$17.7K
▲ 29% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.7
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
126 students on the public path
In brief

Ricketts’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Ricketts’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Schleswig Elementary School places highest (better than 59%); Schleswig Middle School lowest (53%). 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 Ricketts, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–4Schleswig Elementary Schoolin SchleswigB
5–8Schleswig Middle Schoolin SchleswigB−

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

Schleswig Community School DistrictGrades K–8 · 2 schools · 126 students, down 21% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$17,683IA $13,713 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading77%
State average 69.7% · 86 students tested
Math72%
State average 63.8% · 86 students tested

Ricketts vs. its neighbors

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

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Ricketts—Schleswig

Every school in Ricketts

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 Rickettsin other towns
Schleswig Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Schleswig
B
75 students10:1Rate it →
Schleswig Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Schleswig
B−
51 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Ricketts’s schools

Are Ricketts’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Ricketts. Schleswig Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ricketts. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 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 Ricketts in?

Schleswig Community School District.

Where do Ricketts kids go to high school?

Schleswig Middle School.

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What Ricketts 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.