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Burlington schools report gains in state performance profiles as absenteeism falls
Summary
District officials said three buildings rose a category in the 2025 Iowa School Performance Profiles, district growth matched the state at 2.3 percentage points, chronic absenteeism dropped from 42% to 29%, and high‑school work‑based learning and college‑credit participation increased substantially.
Corey Johnson, presenting the 2025 Iowa School Performance Profiles to the Burlington Community School District board on Oct. 6, said the district “had an overall average growth of 2.3 percentage points,” the same as the statewide average.
Johnson highlighted that three buildings — Grimes, the high school and Aldo — each moved up one rating category this year. “Grimes had 10 percentage points growth,” Johnson said, calling that “massive…
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