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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192640001498
Bryant Elementary School
3040 Jones Street, Sioux City, IA 51104 · (712) 279-6819 · Woodbury County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
14.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
434 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.5%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
61.2%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 down about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 62.2% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Bryant Elementary School
Bryant Elementary School's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryant Elementary School this school | 608 | 71.4% | 61.4% |
| Leeds Elementary School Sioux City | 593 | 76.2% | 65.4% |
| Loess Hills Elementary SIOUX CITY | 578 | 71.6% | 62.3% |
| Hillside Elementary School West Des Moines | 548 | 71.7% | 61.7% |
| Spalding Park Elementary Sioux City | 683 | 63.7% | 64.1% |
| Unity Elementary School Sioux City | 483 | 80.3% | 49.3% |
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 Bryant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #449 of 564 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #470 of 564 ▼ 12 | #12 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #410 of 564 ▼ 34 | #12 of 16 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #32 of 705 | #5 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #395 of 561 | #15 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #24 of 561 | #1 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #66 of 666 | #8 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +90.6% | #2 of 168 | #1 of 7 |
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
608
+89 (+17%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 608 | 42.2 | 14.4:1 | 71% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 77% (433) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 42.3 | 13.5:1 | 74% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 68% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 23.9 | 13.4:1 | 72% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 75% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 59% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 19 | 21.6:1 | 27% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 493 | 20 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bryant Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 91% (319 to 608); teachers up 77% (23.9 to 42.2).
About Bryant Elementary School
Bryant Elementary School is the name of a high-enrollment elementary school in Sioux City, Iowa. The school enrolls 608 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Iowa) has about 325 students.
Sioux City Comm School District runs 21 schools with a combined 14,189 students. Bryant Elementary School is one of them.
Bryant Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 39%. The school is also 31% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 19%. Bryant Elementary School has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 42.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.4:1. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is about 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 71%. Public schools in Woodbury County average 60%.
Bryant Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Bryant Elementary School scores 61.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.2%.
In the county around the school, Woodbury County, median household income is about $73,658, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 37 public schools operate in Woodbury County, serving about 18,210 students.
Perry Creek Elementary School is located about 0.9 miles from Bryant Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 56.2%, lower than Bryant Elementary School's 61.4%.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students grew from 519 to 608 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 16.2:1 to 14.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux City Comm School District
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other schools in Sioux City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other Bryant Elementary schools
18 other US public schools in 12 states are named Bryant Elementary. Bryant Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 19.
- Bryant Elementary SchoolDubuque, IA · 299 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolAlgona, IA · 197 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolBROOKSHIRE, TX · 1,194 students
- Bryant Elementary SchoolMableton, GA · 865 students
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 852 students
Nearby schools
- Perry Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 635
- Hunt Elementary School1.2 mi · 451
- North High School1.5 mi · 1,529
- Irving Elementary School1.6 mi · 605
- Clark Early Childhood Center1.6 mi · 75
- Liberty Elementary School1.7 mi · 659
Frequently asked questions
About Bryant Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bryant Elementary School?
Bryant Elementary School enrolls approximately 608 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bryant Elementary School serve?
Bryant Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Bryant Elementary School have?
Bryant Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bryant Elementary School?
At Bryant Elementary School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 39% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Bryant Elementary School public or private?
Bryant Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sioux City Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.