Alan Shepard Elementary School

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Long Grove, Iowa, Alan Shepard Elementary School hosts 467 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by North Scott Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 44% larger than the state mean of about 325.

North Scott Comm School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,335 students. Alan Shepard Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Alan Shepard Elementary School shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Scott County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, Alan Shepard Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 82.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 83.5%.

Around the school, Scott County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,277, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Scott County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), Alan Shepard Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Neil Armstrong Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Alan Shepard Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Alan Shepard Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 69.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alan Shepard Elementary School has grew 12%, going from 417 students in 2018 to 467 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 90% across the same window.

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