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The highest-poverty public schools in Story County, Iowa

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public schools in Story County, Iowa, drawn from 25 qualifying public schools. Mitchell Elementary School leads the list at 55.7%, against a median of 29.9% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Story County, Iowa

Top % FRL

55.7%

Median % FRL

29.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · STORY COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Mitchell Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	314	55.7%
2	Colo-Nesco Elementary School	Zearing, IA	Colo-NESCO Comm School District	Elementary	169	50.9%
3	Edwards Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	436	44.5%
4	Colo-NESCO Middle/High School	Colo, IA	Colo-NESCO Comm School District	High	216	42.6%
5	Meeker Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	361	42.1%
6	Nevada Middle School	Nevada, IA	Nevada Comm School District	Middle	442	42.1%
7	Collins-Maxwell Elementary School	Collins, IA	Collins-Maxwell Comm School District	Elementary	182	41.2%
8	Central Elementary School	Nevada, IA	Nevada Comm School District	Elementary	632	40.5%
9	Nevada High School	Nevada, IA	Nevada Comm School District	High	498	36.5%
10	Sawyer Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	371	36.1%
11	Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School	Maxwell, IA	Collins-Maxwell Comm School District	High	190	35.3%
12	Ames Middle School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Middle	1,033	31.2%
13	Ames High School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	High	1,440	29.9%
14	Fellows Elementary School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Elementary	489	28.8%
15	Ballard East Elementary	Cambridge, IA	Ballard Comm School District	Elementary	417	23.5%
16	Roland-Story Middle School	Roland, IA	Roland-Story Comm School District	Middle	331	20.5%
17	Ballard West Elementary	Slater, IA	Ballard Comm School District	Elementary	451	18.8%
18	Roland-Story High School	Story City, IA	Roland-Story Comm School District	High	317	18.0%
19	Ballard Middle School	Huxley, IA	Ballard Comm School District	Middle	418	17.7%
20	Roland-Story Elementary School	Story City, IA	Roland-Story Comm School District	Elementary	446	16.1%
21	Ballard High School	Huxley, IA	Ballard Comm School District	High	586	15.4%
22	Gilbert Middle School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	Middle	408	9.3%
23	Gilbert Intermediate School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	Elementary	356	8.1%
24	Gilbert High School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	High	509	5.7%
25	Gilbert Elementary School	Gilbert, IA	Gilbert Comm School District	Elementary	409	5.4%

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