Students may have improved their performance in 2024 or the district's standards may have been lowered. Test scores would be useful.

The School Board’s first workshop of 2025 saw charter schools front and center, with an overview on growth and the district's relationship with them.

Six new charter schools were approved by the Iowa State Board of Education. The number continues to grow since the state passed a law allowing groups without ties to local public school systems to open charter schools .