Enrollment
181
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470000881
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School
1400 Grissel Place, Iowa City, IA 52245 · (319) 688-1160 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL181 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- C-Beats 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
11.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
34 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 21 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
72.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -11.8pp since 2023
Math
89.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.2% | 89.1% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 78.2% |
% 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
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Bohumil Shimek Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bohumil Shimek Elementary School this school | 181 | 18.8% | 77.3% |
| Downtown School Des Moines | 197 | 21.3% | 78.3% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Tiffin | 173 | 30.6% | N/A |
| Clipper Early Childhood Academy Tiffin | 118 | 28.8% | N/A |
| Nodland Elementary School Sioux City | 249 | 25.7% | N/A |
| Indian Creek Elementary School Marion | 354 | 16.1% | 84.1% |
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 Bohumil Shimek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #188 of 564 | #8 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #46 of 564 ▲ 191 | #4 of 28 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #293 of 564 ▼ 238 | #15 of 28 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 181 | #580 of 705 | #27 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.8% | #609 of 666 | #26 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #58 of 359 | #9 of 20 |
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
181
0 (0%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 181 | 16 | 11.3:1 | 19% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 16.4 | 12.6:1 | 17% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 17.5 | 12.3:1 | 20% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 17 | 10.7:1 | 19% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 14 | 17.3:1 | 17% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 250 | 14 | 17.9:1 | 14% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 201 | 17 | 11.8:1 | 12% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | 12 | 19.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 260 | 13 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bohumil Shimek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (241 to 181); teachers up 15% (14 to 16).
About Bohumil Shimek Elementary School
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Iowa, located in Iowa City. It teaches 181 students in pre-K through 5. It has 44% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Iowa (about 325).
The district, Iowa City Comm School District, operates 29 schools serving 15,111 students.
About 69% of the student body at Bohumil Shimek Elementary School is White. Other groups include 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Bohumil Shimek Elementary School are from different groups.
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 19% of the student body. Among public schools in Johnson County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 46% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.3% and a predicted 82.5%.
The school is in Johnson County, where the median household earns about $74,935 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Johnson County, 43 public schools serve about 20,019 students.
Horace Mann Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Bohumil Shimek Elementary School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 181 in 2020-21 and 181 in 2024-25.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
Other schools in Iowa City
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Weber ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Ernest Horn Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Horace Mann Elementary School0.9 mi · 207
- ICCSD Online Learning Program0.9 mi · 173
- Lincoln Elementary School1.6 mi · 217
- Iowa City High School1.8 mi · 1,666
- Longfellow Elementary School1.9 mi · 325
- Central Elementary School2.4 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Bohumil Shimek Elementary SchoolHow large is Bohumil Shimek Elementary School?
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School enrolls approximately 181 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bohumil Shimek Elementary School serve?
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bohumil Shimek Elementary School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Bohumil Shimek Elementary School.
How diverse is Bohumil Shimek Elementary School?
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 6% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Bohumil Shimek Elementary School?
Bohumil Shimek Elementary School is overseen by Iowa City Comm School District in Johnson County.
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