Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 192 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AKRON WESTFIELD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190322001937
Akron Westfield Elementary School
850 Kerr Dr, Akron, IA 51001 · (712) 568-3322 · Plymouth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
91 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (29).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 Akron Westfield Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
85.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
87.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 86 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.6% | 87.4% |
| 2023-24 | 84.7% | 89.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 74% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Iowa's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Akron Westfield Elementary School
Akron Westfield Elementary School's state test result (85.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akron Westfield Elementary School this school | 258 | 35.3% | 85.8% |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School Council Bluffs | 271 | 33.9% | 68.0% |
| Fremont-Mills Elementary School Tabor | 262 | 35.5% | 66.7% |
| Cascade Elementary School Cascade | 305 | 37.0% | 78.2% |
| West Union Elementary School West Union | 228 | 36.0% | 82.2% |
| Guthrie Center Elementary School Guthrie Center | 253 | 31.6% | 79.4% |
Matched among Iowa elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Akron Westfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Plymouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #39 of 564 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #73 of 564 ▼ 25 | #3 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #57 of 564 ▼ 12 | #3 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #463 of 705 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #26 of 561 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #394 of 561 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #430 of 666 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #122 of 168 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
258
+17 (+7%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 258 | 24.1 | 10.7:1 | 35% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 23.9 | 10.3:1 | 43% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 24.8 | 10.0:1 | 40% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 23 | 10.5:1 | 32% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 20.3 | 12.2:1 | 30% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 35% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 276 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 37% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 257 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 21% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 17 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Akron Westfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (247 to 258); teachers up 19% (20.3 to 24.1).
About Akron Westfield Elementary School
Akron Westfield Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Akron, Iowa. In all, 258 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 21% below the average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
Akron Westfield Elementary School is one school in Akron Westfield Comm School District, a system of 3 schools with 576 students.
At Akron Westfield Elementary School, 87% of students are White. Other students are 10% Hispanic. Census estimates put Plymouth County at about 89% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.7:1. The school has 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is 3.0 students per teacher. In all, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Akron Westfield Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 96% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Compared with Iowa schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Akron Westfield Elementary School does better than predicted by 11.5 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 85.8%; the prediction is 74.3%.
In Plymouth County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $83,251, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 16 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,219, Akron Westfield Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Akron Westfield Elementary School is closest to Akron Westfield Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Akron Westfield Elementary School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Akron Westfield Elementary School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 7% rise took enrollment from 241 in 2020-21 to 258 in 2024-25.
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Plymouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,747
Census ACS
Median income
$83,251
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,219 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Akron Westfield Comm School District
- Akron Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 188 students
- Akron Westfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 130 students
Other schools in Akron
- Akron Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 188 students
- Akron Westfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 130 students
Nearby schools
- Akron Westfield Middle School0.0 mi · 130
- Akron Westfield Senior High School0.0 mi · 188
- Hawarden Elementary School12.1 mi · 193
- West Sioux Middle School12.3 mi · 154
- West Sioux High School12.3 mi · 242
- Elk Point-Jefferson High School - 0112.5 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About Akron Westfield Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Akron Westfield Elementary School?
Akron Westfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 258 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Akron Westfield Elementary School serve?
Akron Westfield Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Akron Westfield Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Akron Westfield Elementary School is approximately 10.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Akron Westfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Akron Westfield Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Akron Westfield Elementary School?
Akron Westfield Elementary School is overseen by Akron Westfield Comm School District in Plymouth County.
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