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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BONDURANT-FARRAR COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190507000153
Anderson Elementary School
400 Garfield St. SW, Bondurant, IA 50035 · (515) 967-7494 · Polk County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
119 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 115 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 203 | 38% |
| Grade 4 | 213 | 40% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Anderson Elementary School→Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School→Bondurant-Farrar Junior High→Bondurant-Farrar High School
Based on grade levels within Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
80.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
79.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.7% | 79.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 77.6% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
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
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 →
Schools most like Anderson Elementary School
Anderson Elementary School's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Elementary School this school | 531 | 22.4% | 77.6% |
| Orchard Hills Elementary Norwalk | 558 | 23.8% | 81.8% |
| Mary Welsh Elementary Williamsburg | 604 | 22.5% | 75.9% |
| Westwood Elementary School Ankeny | 551 | 17.6% | 82.9% |
| West Lyon Elementary School Inwood | 561 | 26.2% | 84.6% |
| Hudson Elementary School Hudson | 562 | 25.8% | 80.9% |
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 Anderson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #176 of 564 | #21 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #230 of 564 ▲ 19 | #26 of 78 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #139 of 564 ▲ 110 | #15 of 78 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #85 of 705 | #28 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #489 of 561 | #69 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #315 of 561 | #77 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #576 of 666 | #72 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #131 of 359 | #24 of 64 |
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
531
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+126% since 1990-91, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 531 | 34.1 | 15.6:1 | 22% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 33.4 | 15.6:1 | 20% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 34.4 | 15.4:1 | 21% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 18% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 35.5 | 17.9:1 | 16% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 18% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 21% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 16 | 18.4:1 | 13% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 235 | 12 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (636 to 531); teachers down 4% (35.5 to 34.1).
About Anderson Elementary School
Anderson Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school found in Bondurant, Iowa. The school's 531 students are in grades 2 through 4. Statewide, elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students each.
Anderson Elementary School is part of Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District, where 5 schools serve 2,824 students.
The large majority of students at Anderson Elementary School, 81%, are White. Other reported shares: 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Anderson Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Anderson Elementary School's 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 22%. The 49% average for public schools in Polk County is 27 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Anderson Elementary School is B-. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Anderson Elementary School is 3.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 77.6%. Predicted: 80.7%.
Census estimates describe Polk County this way: median household income is about $83,576, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 137 public schools in Polk County, with a combined enrollment of about 77,436.
Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Within five miles of Anderson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Anderson Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 544 students in 2020-21 and 531 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District
- Bondurant-Farrar High SchoolHigh · 849 students
- Morris ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 445 students
- Bondurant-Farrar Junior HighMiddle · 398 students
Other schools in Bondurant
- Bondurant-Farrar High SchoolHigh · 849 students
- Morris ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 445 students
- Bondurant-Farrar Junior HighMiddle · 398 students
Other Anderson Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Anderson Elementary. Anderson Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 23.
- Anderson Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 748 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 686 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 635 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 585 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolBooneville, MS · 551 students
Nearby schools
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School0.1 mi · 445
- Morris Elementary0.1 mi · 601
- Bondurant-Farrar High School1.0 mi · 849
- Bondurant-Farrar Junior High1.2 mi · 398
- Altoona Elementary3.5 mi · 429
- Willowbrook Elementary3.5 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Anderson Elementary School?
Anderson Elementary School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades 02-04.
What grades does Anderson Elementary School serve?
Anderson Elementary School serves grades 02-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Anderson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Anderson Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Anderson Elementary School?
Anderson Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Anderson Elementary School in?
Anderson Elementary School is part of Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.