Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 252 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AHSTW COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190408000101
AHSTW Primary School
768 S Maple, Avoca, IA 51521 · (712) 343-6364 · Pottawattamie County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
103 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within AHSTW Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
86.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
280
-139 (-33%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.5:1
% White
91%
was 91%
% Hispanic
3%
was 4%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About AHSTW Primary School
Located at 768 S Maple, in Avoca, Iowa, AHSTW Primary School is a mid-tier K-5 school that educates 280 students (grades pre-K through 3), run under AHSTW Comm School District.
AHSTW Primary School is one of 3 schools operated by AHSTW Comm School District, a district that enrolls 755 students overall.
On the student-mix side, AHSTW Primary School logs that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Pottawattamie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting AHSTW Primary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at AHSTW Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AHSTW Primary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.5%; this one delivers 79.0%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pottawattamie County) reports that median household earnings sit near $73,602, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Pottawattamie County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students), of which AHSTW Primary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: AHSTW Intermediate School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, AHSTW Primary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 77.1%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AHSTW Primary School has edged down 33%, going from 419 students in 2018 to 280 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.
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Pottawattamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
93,424
Census ACS
Median income
$73,602
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
15,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AHSTW Comm School District
- AHSTW Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 270 students
- AHSTW High SchoolHigh · 205 students
Other schools in Avoca
- AHSTW Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 270 students
- AHSTW High SchoolHigh · 205 students
Nearby schools
- AHSTW Intermediate School0.0 mi · 270
- AHSTW High School0.0 mi · 205
- Oakland Elementary11.8 mi · 178
- Harlan Intermediate School12.8 mi · 309
- Harlan Primary12.8 mi · 342
- Riverside Middle/Senior High School12.9 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About AHSTW Primary SchoolHow many students attend AHSTW Primary School?
AHSTW Primary School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades PK-03.
Is AHSTW Primary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
AHSTW Primary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does AHSTW Primary School have?
AHSTW Primary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is AHSTW Primary School?
AHSTW Primary School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees AHSTW Primary School?
AHSTW Primary School is overseen by AHSTW Comm School District in Pottawattamie County.
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