Enrollment
277
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVENPORT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190858000457
Blue Grass Elementary School
226 Sycamore St, Blue Grass, IA 52726 · (563) 723-6200 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest 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
15.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
64 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.7%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
78.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 up about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.7% | 78.4% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 77.2% |
% 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
76.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Blue Grass Elementary School
Blue Grass Elementary School's state test result (76.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Grass Elementary School this school | 277 | 23.1% | 76.7% |
| Tipton Elementary School Tipton | 284 | 23.6% | 65.5% |
| Madrid Elementary School Madrid | 259 | 22.8% | 76.8% |
| La Porte City Elementary School La Porte City | 260 | 23.8% | 83.3% |
| Mid-Prairie East Elementary School Kalona | 255 | 22.4% | N/A |
| Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School Urbana | 275 | 21.1% | N/A |
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 Blue Grass Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #205 of 564 | #12 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #249 of 564 ▲ 13 | #13 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #192 of 564 ▼ 47 | #13 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #428 of 705 | #27 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #470 of 561 | #24 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #423 of 561 | #28 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #571 of 666 | #25 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #258 of 359 | #11 of 16 |
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
277
-37 (-12%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 277 | 18.1 | 15.3:1 | 23% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 20.9 | 15.6:1 | 25% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 19.9 | 16.1:1 | 23% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 23% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 21% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 28% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 18% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 15 | 23.3:1 | 8% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 21 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Grass Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (298 to 277); teachers down 21% (23 to 18.1).
About Blue Grass Elementary School
Blue Grass Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Blue Grass, Iowa. Total enrollment is 277 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
The district, Davenport Comm School District, has 12,812 students enrolled across 27 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Blue Grass Elementary School is White, at 89%. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Scott County, the White share is about 79%. The diversity index for Blue Grass Elementary School is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 15.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Blue Grass Elementary School, which has 18.1. The school's 15.3:1 compares with an average of 13.7:1 for elementary schools in Iowa. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 23%. The rate at public schools in Scott County averages 38%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Blue Grass Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Iowa public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Blue Grass Elementary School is 3.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
Scott County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $78,277, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 53 public schools in the county, enrolling about 26,100, Blue Grass Elementary School among them.
Buffalo Elementary School is about 4.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Blue Grass Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. Nearby schools average 55.3% on proficiency, and Blue Grass Elementary School is above that at 76.7%.
NCES describes the area around Blue Grass Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 37 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davenport Comm School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Sudlow Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
Other Blue Grass Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Blue Grass Elementary. Blue Grass Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Blue Grass ElementaryKnoxville, TN · 623 students
Nearby schools
- Buffalo Elementary School4.1 mi · 242
- Walcott Middle School5.2 mi · 322
- Walcott Elementary School5.2 mi · 150
- Andalusia Elementary School5.7 mi · 272
- Jackson Elementary School6.4 mi · 322
- West High School7.5 mi · 1,304
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Grass Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Blue Grass Elementary School?
Blue Grass Elementary School enrolls approximately 277 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Blue Grass Elementary School serve?
Blue Grass Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Blue Grass Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Blue Grass Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blue Grass Elementary School?
At Blue Grass Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is Blue Grass Elementary School public or private?
Blue Grass Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davenport Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.