Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOYDEN-HULL COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190519000166
Boyden-Hull Elementary School
818 Lincoln St., Boyden, IA 51234 · (712) 725-2381 · Sioux County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
14.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
155 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 60% larger than its 6th grade class (35).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
Boyden-Hull Elementary School→Boyden-Hull High School
Based on grade levels within Boyden-Hull Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
89.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +5.8pp 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 89 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 89.1% |
| 2023-24 | 77.3% | 83.3% |
% 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
81.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% 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 13 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 Boyden-Hull Elementary School
Boyden-Hull Elementary School's state test result (81.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyden-Hull Elementary School this school | 322 | 48.1% | 81.2% |
| Clark Elementary School Le Mars | 301 | 50.2% | 69.8% |
| Lenox Elementary School Lenox | 308 | 51.3% | 76.2% |
| Madison Elementary School Muscatine | 372 | 50.8% | 61.3% |
| Sunset Heights Elementary School Webster City | 311 | 48.6% | 72.8% |
| Muskie Early Learning Center Muscatine | 261 | 43.7% | 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 Boyden-Hull Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Sioux County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #112 of 564 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #44 of 564 ▲ 92 | #1 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #131 of 564 ▲ 27 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #331 of 705 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #446 of 561 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #219 of 561 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #242 of 666 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #354 of 359 | 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
322
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 322 | 21.6 | 14.9:1 | 48% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 22.6 | 14.3:1 | 46% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 21.8 | 14.3:1 | 38% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 42% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 22.7 | 14.3:1 | 35% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 36% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 352 | 24 | 14.7:1 | 37% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 21 | 14.0:1 | 33% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 18 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boyden-Hull Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (323 to 322); teachers down 5% (22.7 to 21.6).
About Boyden-Hull Elementary School
Boyden-Hull Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Boyden, Iowa. The school enrolls 322 students in pre-K through 6.
The 2 schools in Boyden-Hull Comm School District enroll 575 students altogether, Boyden-Hull Elementary School among them.
The largest group at Boyden-Hull Elementary School is White students, at 63%. Enrollment also includes 34% Hispanic. Among people living in Sioux County, the White share is about 85%. The diversity index for Boyden-Hull Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1. Elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 48% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Sioux County is close, at 45%.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Boyden-Hull Elementary School outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 67.9% for Boyden-Hull Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 81.2%. The 13.3-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Iowa schools.
For Sioux County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $86,098, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,321, Boyden-Hull Elementary School among them.
Boyden-Hull High School is about 6.8 miles from Boyden-Hull Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within ten miles: 5. The school's 81.2% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Boyden-Hull Elementary School had 327 students in 2020-21 and 322 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Sioux County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,212
Census ACS
Median income
$86,098
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,321 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boyden-Hull Comm School District
- Boyden-Hull High SchoolHigh · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Boyden-Hull High School6.8 mi · 253
- East Elementary School8.2 mi · 468
- Sheldon High School8.4 mi · 356
- Little Orabs Preschool8.5 mi · 43
- Sheldon Middle School8.8 mi · 312
- George-Little Rock Middle School10.4 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About Boyden-Hull Elementary SchoolHow large is Boyden-Hull Elementary School?
Boyden-Hull Elementary School enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Boyden-Hull Elementary School serve?
Boyden-Hull Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Boyden-Hull Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Boyden-Hull Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boyden-Hull Elementary School?
At Boyden-Hull Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Boyden-Hull Elementary School?
Boyden-Hull Elementary School is overseen by Boyden-Hull Comm School District in Sioux County.
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