Photo: Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Rome’s public schools
Mount Pleasant Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rome. Each school below is shown with its own results.
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
Rome’s schools, in brief
School by school
1 of Rome’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Salem Elementary School places highest (better than 70%); Mount Pleasant High School lowest (44%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Two elementary schools serve Rome, graded from B+ to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Mount Pleasant 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 Rome, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Rome
Harlan Elementary School
Grades PK–K · 195 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
Kindergarten in Rome · depends on your address
Harlan Elementary School
Grades PK–K · 195 students · 17:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
Salem Elementary School
Grades K–5 · 86 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Salem
1st grade in Rome · depends on your address
Lincoln Elementary School
Grades 1–2 · 202 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
Salem Elementary School
Grades K–5 · 86 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Salem
2nd grade in Rome · depends on your address
Lincoln Elementary School
Grades 1–2 · 202 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
Salem Elementary School
Grades K–5 · 86 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Salem
3rd grade in Rome · depends on your address
Van Allen Elementary School
Grades 3–5 · 362 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
Salem Elementary School
Grades K–5 · 86 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Salem
4th grade in Rome · depends on your address
Van Allen Elementary School
Grades 3–5 · 362 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
Salem Elementary School
Grades K–5 · 86 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Salem
5th grade in Rome · depends on your address
Van Allen Elementary School
Grades 3–5 · 362 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
Salem Elementary School
Grades K–5 · 86 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Salem
6th grade in Rome
Mount Pleasant Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 383 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
7th grade in Rome
Mount Pleasant Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 383 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
8th grade in Rome
Mount Pleasant Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 383 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
9th grade in Rome
Mount Pleasant High School
Grades 9–12 · 545 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
10th grade in Rome
Mount Pleasant High School
Grades 9–12 · 545 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Mount Pleasant
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mount Pleasant 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.
Below the state in reading
Rome vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Rome’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Rome | — | Mount Pleasant |
Every school in Rome
4 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).
Questions about Rome’s schools
Are Rome’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Rome. Mount Pleasant Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Rome. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 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 Rome in?
Mount Pleasant Community School District.
Where do Rome kids go to high school?
Mount Pleasant High School.
Parents talk
What Rome families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Rome → They have their own page.
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.