Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District

1000 Schroder Dr
Cresco, IA 52136
(District boundaries shown in map)
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Top Rankings

Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District ranks among the top 20% of public school district in Iowa for:

Category
Attribute
Student Attention
Lowest student-teacher ratio (Top 1%)
For the 2026 school year, there is 1 public preschool serving 43 students in Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District.
Public Preschools in Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District have a diversity score of 0.17, which is less than the Iowa public preschool average of 0.46.
Minority enrollment is 9% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the Iowa public preschool average of 28% (majority Hispanic).

Overview

This School District
This State (IA)
# Schools
4 Schools
485 Schools
# Students
1,021 Students
151,498 Students
# Teachers
83 Teachers
11,218 Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
12:1
12:1

District Rank

Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District, which is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 325 school districts in Iowa (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2022-2023 school year.
The school district's graduation rate of 90-94% has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
This School District
State Average (IA)
#188 out of 327 school districts
(Bottom 50%)
68%
68%
73%
70%
65%
63%
(21-22)
90-94%
90%