Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ West Cedar Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Southeast Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
3. A+ Waverly Shell Rock Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
4. A Waverly Shell Rock Senior High School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
5. A Margaretta Carey Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
6. A Shell Rock Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
7. B- Greenview Alternative School (High school, meets expectations)

High schools (1)

• A Waverly Shell Rock Senior High School, Waverly

Middle and junior high schools (1)

• A+ Waverly Shell Rock Middle School, Waverly

Elementary and primary schools (4)

• A Margaretta Carey Elementary School, Waverly
• A Shell Rock Elementary School, Shell Rock
• A+ Southeast Elementary School, Waverly
• A+ West Cedar Elementary School, Waverly

Other schools and academies (1)

• B- Greenview Alternative School, Waverly

Cities and towns served (2)

• Waverly (6)
• Shell Rock (1)

• State: Best schools in Iowa
• County: Bremer County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: distant town (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 2,372 students with 170 full-time-equivalent teachers and 351 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 1930540
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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