Broadway Elementary School

Broadway Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school in Denison, Iowa, operated by Denison Comm School District. The school enrolls 288 students in grades 4 through 5.

Broadway Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Denison Comm School District, a district that caters to 2,258 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Broadway Elementary School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder comes out to 25% White, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Broadway Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 71% of students at Broadway Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Crawford County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Broadway Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Iowa schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.5%; actual is 70.7%, +14.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Crawford County put median household earnings sit near $67,027, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Broadway Elementary School is one of 11 public schools in Crawford County (combined enrollment of about 3,007 students).

Denison Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Broadway Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.5%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Broadway Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 307 (now 288). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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