Enrollment
236
Elementary
DISTRICT 209 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALAMUS-WHEATLAND COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190600000204
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center
80 S 2nd St, Calamus, IA 52729 · (563) 246-2221 · Clinton County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- 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
11.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
89 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (27).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center→Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
72.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -10.6pp 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 73 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.2% | 72.6% |
| 2023-24 | 75.7% | 83.2% |
% 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
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center this school | 236 | 37.7% | 73.8% |
| Griswold Elementary Griswold | 227 | 36.6% | 67.5% |
| CAM Elementary School Massena | 216 | 38.0% | 65.8% |
| Tripoli Elementary School Tripoli | 219 | 39.3% | 80.6% |
| Irwin Elementary School Irwin | 221 | 37.1% | N/A |
| Glidden-Ralston Elementary School Glidden | 227 | 35.7% | 73.7% |
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 Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Clinton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #262 of 564 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #345 of 564 ▼ 198 | #7 of 9 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #179 of 564 ▲ 4 | #6 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 236 | #501 of 705 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #89 of 561 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #534 of 561 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #394 of 666 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #165 of 359 | #2 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
236
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 236 | 20.1 | 11.7:1 | 38% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 19.3 | 11.3:1 | 38% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 218 | 18.9 | 11.6:1 | 38% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 36% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 18.9 | 14.5:1 | 29% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | 21 | 14.0:1 | 38% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 37% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 18 | 17.5:1 | 25% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 21 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (275 to 236); teachers up 6% (18.9 to 20.1).
About Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center
This page covers Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center, a small elementary school in Calamus, Iowa. It has an enrollment of 236 students in pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average enrollment is about 325.
The 2 schools in Calamus-Wheatland Comm School District enroll 418 students altogether, Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center among them.
Of every 100 students at Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center, about 94 are White. The school is also 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center are from different groups.
There are 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.7:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of Iowa public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
For the population of Clinton County, median household income comes to about $66,981, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clinton County counts 18 public schools with about 7,129 students.
Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center is the nearest public school to Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center, about 4.2 miles away. Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within ten miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center ranks 8th on proficiency.
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 242 students in 2020-21 and 236 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.4:1 in 2020-21, and 11.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,268
Census ACS
Median income
$66,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,129 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calamus-Wheatland Comm School District
- Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance CenterHigh · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center4.2 mi · 182
- North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center9.2 mi · 168
- John Glenn Elementary School9.5 mi · 179
- Ekstrand Elementary School10.9 mi · 464
- Central DeWitt Middle School12.0 mi · 244
- Central DeWitt Intermediate School12.0 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance CenterHow large is Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center?
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center enrolls approximately 236 students in grades PK-06.
Is Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center have?
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center?
At Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center public or private?
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Calamus-Wheatland Comm School District.
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