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K – 12 Education

K-12 education in the Iowa Lakes Corridor region is first class. Residents of this area have committed time and time again to providing quality education – facilities, programs, and teachers – for its children through bond issues, school foundations, booster clubs and property taxes.

K-12 schools in the region boast some of the highest graduation rates in Iowa and the country as well as a high percentage of students completing ACT test and posting scores above the national average. Some examples of excellence in K-12 schools in the region are:

Alta – 95.35% graduation rate in 2009
Armstrong-Ringsted – 91.30% graduation rate in 2009
Clay-Central Everly – elementary named a ‘Blue Ribbon School’; provides every high school student with a laptop computer in 2007; 96.77% graduation rate in 2009
Estherville-Lincoln – 98.92% graduation rate in 2009; school bond issue passed December 2006 by 82%
Harris-Lake Park Schools – No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School 2004 & Iowa Exemplary Music Award 2002; 96.30% graduation rate in 2009
Laurens Marathon – 97.30% graduation rate in 2009
Newell Fonda – 94.12% graduation rate in 2009
Okoboji schools excellent fine arts program includes instrumental and vocal programs, musical productions, art programs, speech and drama activities and a debate team and 500-seat auditorium has state-of-the-art sound and lighting technology for school and community performances; 95% graduation rate in 2009
Terril/Graettinger – 100% graduation rate in 2009
Sioux Central - 92.45% graduation rate in 2009; offers 63 college credits on campus
Spencer – new middle school opened 2006-07 school year; 87.22% graduation rate in 2009
Spirit Lake – 2009 school year entitled Spirit Lake to 1:1 technology where every student receives a computer, well-known internationally for its wind turbine generation on campus; new SAMI performing arts center opened in April 2008; 96.52% graduation rate in 2009
Storm Lake – 60.19% graduation rate in 2009

Click here for a listing of area schools the Iowa Lakes Corridor.

Congratulations to:

Spirit Lake High School for the 1:1 Technology Program
Clay Central Everly Elementary, a “Blue Ribbon School”
St. Mary’s High School – Ranked 12th in Iowa by the Des Moines Register for highest average grades for college freshmen
Alta, Okoboji and Spirit Lake High Schools – Bronze Medal award winners by U.S. News & World Report magazine – America’s Best High Schools