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The smallest public K-12 schools in Iowa

This ranking covers the smallest public K-12 schools in Iowa, drawn from 3 qualifying public K-12 schools. Prairie Crossing leads the list at 67, against a median of 109 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.

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Best Students

Median Students

109

SMALLEST · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Prairie Crossing	Cedar Rapids, IA	College Comm School District	Combined	67
2	Ruby Van Meter	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Combined	109
3	Meskwaki Settlement School	Tama, IA	Meskwaki Settlement School	Combined	294

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