Horace Mann Elementary School

Great neighborhood school with good community support. Test scores are overrated (go figure) and dont tell the true story.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is amazing! I am on my 2nd round and still love it! Don't always believe the test scores as a gauge of the academic commitment of this school, these teacher are the best and have helped my daughter on her way to Junior High and she is exceeding expectations! You can tell the teachers love their job and the kids and want all to reach their potential! It is such a diverse school!
--Submitted by a parent

Our children loved the environment Horace Mann staff provided.
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It is a great multi-cultural school, with a wonderful pre-K program, family resource center, and caring, dedicated staff.
--Submitted by a parent

Small community atmosphere, very diverse, great teachers, my daughter and son were very happy and inspired to learn while there.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter is in Horace Mann and our family thinks it's a great school! Test scores can be deceiving, so don't let that be the only factor in choosing a school. Horace Mann is lucky to have most of the children of foreign grad students at the University of Iowa attend their school, so there is much more cultural diversity than you would normally find in Iowa. This is also a reason why the ITBS scores would be lower, as you have many children who speak English as a second language. Of course, we see this exposure to different cultures as a huge benefit for our daughter. When we were looking at school districts a former Education Professor from UI told my husband that his top two choices for elem. schools in IC were Horace Mann and Longfellow based on the teachers, neighborhoods, economic and cultural diversity. We love it!
--Submitted by a parent