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Schools in Twin Lakes

Twin Lakes’s public schools

South Central Calhoun Community School District, Manson Northwest Webster Community School District and Pocahontas Area Community School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Twin Lakes. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/6schools 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
64%
2021–22
Math proficiency
61%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.9K
▲ 1% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024 · South Central Calhoun
Students per teacher
12.8
IA 14.1 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
2,036 students on the public path
In brief

Twin Lakes’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Twin Lakes’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Manson Northwest Webster Elementary places highest (better than 67%); Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School lowest (14%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Twin Lakes, graded from B− to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then three middle schools: Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School, Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School and South Central Calhoun Middle 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 Twin Lakes, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–63 schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B+
7–123 schoolsDepends on your addressD to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the South Central Calhoun Community School District.

Three districts serve Twin Lakes

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

South Central Calhoun Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 912 students · 11.9 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$13,873IA $13,713 · FY2024
C+
Manson Northwest Webster Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 776 students · 14.0 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$11,697IA $13,713 · FY2024
C−
Pocahontas Area Community School DistrictGrades K–12 · 3 schools · 659 students, down 5% since 2020–21 · 12.9 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$15,755IA $13,713 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, South Central Calhoun Community School District64%
State average 69.7% · 543 students tested
Math · PK–12, South Central Calhoun Community School District61%
State average 63.8% · 543 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Manson Northwest Webster Community School District62%
State average 69.7% · 502 students tested
Math · PK–12, Manson Northwest Webster Community School District63%
State average 63.8% · 502 students tested
Reading · K–12, Pocahontas Area Community School District69%
State average 69.7% · 480 students tested
Math · K–12, Pocahontas Area Community School District68%
State average 63.8% · 481 students tested

Twin Lakes vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Twin Lakes—South Central Calhoun PK–12 · Manson Northwest Webster PK–12 · Pocahontas Area K–12

Every school in Twin Lakes

6 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 Twin Lakesin other towns
Manson Northwest Webster Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Barnum
B+
439 students15:1Rate it →
South Central Calhoun Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–3 · Rockwell City
B−
299 students12:1Rate it →
Pocahontas Area Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Pocahontas
B
265 students15:1Rate it →
South Central Calhoun Middle School
Middle · Grades 4–8 · Rockwell City
C+
329 students14:1Rate it →
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Pocahontas
B−
367 students12:1Rate it →
Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Manson
D
337 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Twin Lakes’s schools

Are Twin Lakes’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Twin Lakes. South Central Calhoun Community School District, Manson Northwest Webster Community School District and Pocahontas Area Community School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Twin Lakes. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Twin Lakes in?

South Central Calhoun Community School District, Manson Northwest Webster Community School District and Pocahontas Area Community School District.

Where do Twin Lakes kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School, Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School and South Central Calhoun Middle 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.