Enrollment
143
Elementary
DISTRICT 144 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL SPRINGS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192076001238
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus
105 S East St, Manly, IA 50456 · (641) 454-3283 · Worth County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL143 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
62 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 27% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 14% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
IA avg 73.6% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
88.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.7% | 88.2% |
| 2023-24 | 73.9% | 82.6% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus this school | 143 | 43.4% | 77.3% |
| New Albin Elementary School New Albin | 147 | 42.9% | 84.6% |
| Delwood Elementary School Delmar | 142 | 40.1% | 85.0% |
| North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center Mechanicsville | 139 | 47.5% | 79.3% |
| Creston Early Childhood Center Creston | 142 | 40.8% | N/A |
| Harris-Lake Park Elementary School Lake Park | 167 | 40.7% | 67.8% |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #183 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.2% | #59 of 564 ▲ 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #408 of 564 ▼ 177 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 143 | #630 of 705 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #310 of 666 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
143
+7 (+5%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 156
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 143 | 11.8 | 12.1:1 | 43% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 135 | 9.4 | 14.3:1 | 47% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 9.3 | 15.8:1 | 48% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 9 | 15.1:1 | 35% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 169 | 11.2 | 15.1:1 | 41% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 161 | 12 | 13.4:1 | 40% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 136 | 13 | 10.5:1 | 46% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 253 | 17 | 14.9:1 | 37% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 156 | 10 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (169 to 143); teachers up 6% (11.2 to 11.8).
About Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus sits in Manly, Iowa, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrolled students number 143 students, in pre-K through 3. Statewide, elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students each.
Central Springs Comm School District runs 4 schools with a combined 779 students. Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus is one of them.
The large majority of students at Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus, 94%, are White. The next largest groups are 3% Black. County-wide, about 95% of residents are White. Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus is 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. About 43% of students, or 62, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 32% average for public schools in Worth County is 11 points.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 70.3% for a school in Iowa with Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus's free or reduced-price lunch share. Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus posts 77.3%.
Worth County has about 7,350 residents, and median household income is about $78,008, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Worth County number 4 and enroll about 931.
The closest public school, Central Springs High School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus went from 136 students to 143. The ratio was 15.1:1 in 2020-21 and 12.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Worth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,350
Census ACS
Median income
$78,008
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
931 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Springs Comm School District
- Central Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 255 students
- Central Springs High SchoolHigh · 236 students
- Central Springs Elementary School - Nora SpringsElementary · 145 students
Nearby schools
- Central Springs High School0.0 mi · 236
- Harding Elementary School8.4 mi · 387
- Hoover Elementary School8.9 mi · 361
- Alternative School9.4 mi · 91
- Mason City Virtual Academy9.4 mi · 88
- John Adams Middle School9.4 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Central Springs Elementary Manly CampusWhat is the total enrollment at Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus?
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus enrolls approximately 143 students in grades PK-03.
Is Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus.
How diverse is Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus?
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus public or private?
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central Springs Comm School District.
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