Most Local Schools "Commendable," According to School Report Cards

By Casey Jarmes | The News-Review

KEOKUK COUNTY – The Iowa Department of Education has released the yearly School Performance Profiles. These “school report cards” grade schools on multiple categories, assigning a score based on percentage of available points obtained. The latest profiles, covering the 2024/2025 school year, feature an average score of 63.28% for both elementary schools and secondary schools. The local schools obtained the following scores:

Sigourney Elementary scored 62.43, compared to last year’s score of 52.93, raising from “Needs Improvement” to “Commendable.”
Sigourney Jr-Sr High scored 70.99, compared to last year’s score of 70.21, dropping from “High Performing” to “Commendable.”
Keota Elementary scored 66.46, compared to last year’s score of 59.73, raising from “Acceptable” to “Commendable.”
Keota High School scored 66.53, compared to last year’s score of 71.93, dropping from “HIgh Performing” to “Commendable.”
Tri-County Elementary scored 67.03, compared to last year’s score of 60.11, raising from “Acceptable” to Commendable.”
Tri-County JR/SR High scored 67.84, compared to last year’s score of 60.82, raising from “Acceptable” to “Commendable.”
Pekin Elementary scored 58.51, compared to last year’s score of 60.39, staying at “Acceptable.”
Pekin Junior/Senior High scored 64.26, compared to last year’s score of 56.38%, raising from “Needs Improvement” to “Acceptable.”
English Valleys Elementary scored 60.55, compared to last year’s score of 59.99%, staying at “Acceptable.”
English Valleys Jr-Sr High scored 63.88, compared to last year’s score of 61.19%, staying at “Commendable.”

These charts show more in-depth information, with scores at least 2% better than the state colored green and scores at least 2% worse colored red.

	State Average	Sigourney Elementary	Keota Elementary	Tri-County Elementary	Pekin Elementary	English Valleys Elementary
Overall Performance	63.28	62.43	66.46	67.03	58.51	60.55
Science Participation	99.2	100	100	N/A	100	100
Mathematics Participation	99.31	100	100	100	100	100
English Language Arts Participation	99.36	100	100	100	100	100
Composite Participation	99.31	100	100	100	100	100
Attendance Growth	4.96	6.22	N/A	N/A	11.32	N/A
Chronic Absenteeism	15.81	4.83	2.84	10.23	3.2	7.53
Growth Mathematics	50	51	43	60	40	39.5
Growth English Language Arts	50	40	58	54.5	39	43
Percent Proficient Science	67.14	72.73	65.38	N/A	50	60.87
Percent Proficient Mathematics	70.93	81.82	72.09	66.67	69.51	71.43
Percent Proficient English Language Arts	73.56	67.27	79.07	71.79	73.17	75.32

	State Average	Sigourney Jr-Sr High	Keota High School	Tri-County JR/SR High	Pekin Junior/Senior High	English Valleys Jr-Sr High
Overall Performance	63.28	70.99	66.53	67.84	64.26	63.88
Composite Participation	99.31	99.64	100	100	97.39	100
Mathematics Participation	99.31	99.58	100	100	97.27	100
English Language Arts Participation	99.36	99.58	100	100	97.27	100
Science Participation	99.2	100	100	100	97.92	100
Attendance Growth	4.96	4.59	5.65	5.4	5.84	7.18
Chronic Absenteeism	15.81	5.82	15.38	15.66	12.83	12.04
Graduation Rate 4-Years	88.27	94.74	95	N/A	97.83	94.59
Graduation Rate 5-Years	89.88	97.3	N/A	96.15	98.21	90.32
Growth Mathematics	50	45	49	56	45	49
Growth English Language Arts	50	60	58	57	46	59
Percent Proficient Science	67.14	70.24	76.32	80	73.91	79.03
Percent Proficient Mathematics	70.93	77.35	66.28	54.1	70.95	67.6
Percent Proficient English Language Arts	73.56	85.9	82.56	73.77	79.52	78.21
Work-Based Learning	45	80.49	28.57	N/A	20	0
College Credit	70.03	82.86	N/A	N/A	73.33	31.43