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Schools in St. Marys

St. Marys’s public schools

Martensdale-St. Marys Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for St. Marys. 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
74%
2021–22
Math proficiency
64%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.9K
▼ 6% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.4
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
532 students on the public path
In brief

St. Marys’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of St. Marys’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Martensdale Elementary School places highest (better than 85%); Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School lowest (37%). 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 St. Marys, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Martensdale Elementary Schoolin MartensdaleA
7–12Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High Schoolin MartensdaleC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Martensdale-St. Marys 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.

Martensdale-St. Marys Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 532 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 13.4 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$12,946IA $13,713 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading74%
State average 69.7% · 374 students tested
Math64%
State average 63.8% · 377 students tested

St. Marys vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
St. Marys—Martensdale-St. Marys

Every school in St. Marys

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 St. Marysin other towns
Martensdale Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Martensdale
A
307 students14:1Rate it →
Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Martensdale
C+
225 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about St. Marys’s schools

Are St. Marys’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for St. Marys. Martensdale-St. Marys Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for St. Marys. 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 St. Marys in?

Martensdale-St. Marys Community School District.

Where do St. Marys kids go to high school?

Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr 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.