About West Lyon Community School District
West Lyon Community School District is a public school system serving Lyon County, Iowa, based in Inwood. It serves 973 students across 3 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: distant district. By enrollment it is the #126 largest of Iowa’s 329 school systems.
Size and structure
West Lyon Community School District enrolls 973 students in 3 schools — an average of about 324 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #126 of 329 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in West Lyon Community School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (973 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
West Lyon Community School District employs about 66 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1 — above the Iowa average of about 14.0:1. Total district staff is roughly 122.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Iowa funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for West Lyon Community School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Iowa reports results through the Iowa School Performance Profiles, covering proficiency, academic growth, graduation, English-language progress and conditions for learning. Look up West Lyon Community School District on the Iowa School Performance Profiles.
Accreditation status
Iowa public districts are accredited by the state through the Iowa Department of Education under its accreditation standards (Iowa Admin. Code 281—12), not a private accreditor. See the Iowa Department of Education.
West Lyon Community School District vs. Iowa
See every Iowa district side by side in the Iowa directory.
Look up West Lyon Community School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):