Enrollment
208
Elementary
DISTRICT 187 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTICELLO COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191965001152
Carpenter Elementary School
615 N Gill St, Monticello, IA 52310 · (319) 465-3000 · Jones County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL208 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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
13.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
75 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 66 | 32% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 34% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Monticello Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
80.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.0pp 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 80 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 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 80.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.9% | 79.3% |
% 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
77.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Carpenter Elementary School
Carpenter Elementary School's state test result (77.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter Elementary School this school | 208 | 36.1% | 77.8% |
| Stuart Elementary School Stuart | 211 | 37.4% | N/A |
| Davis Elementary School Grinnell | 213 | 36.6% | 80.6% |
| West Union Elementary School West Union | 228 | 36.0% | 82.2% |
| Durant Elementary School Sumner | 209 | 34.9% | 70.4% |
| Dunkerton Elementary Dunkerton | 215 | 38.6% | 75.4% |
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 Carpenter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #171 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #221 of 564 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #198 of 564 ▲ 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 208 | #550 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #231 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.0% | #402 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #416 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #146 of 168 |
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
208
+19 (+10%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 250
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 208 | 15.9 | 13.1:1 | 36% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 16 | 12.8:1 | 36% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 15 | 13.1:1 | 44% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | 14 | 13.5:1 | 41% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 203 | 15 | 13.6:1 | 33% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 12 | 17.6:1 | 30% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 206 | 14 | 14.7:1 | 35% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 213 | 12 | 17.8:1 | 25% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 250 | 15 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carpenter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (203 to 208); teachers up 7% (15 to 15.9).
About Carpenter Elementary School
Carpenter Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Monticello, Iowa. It covers grades 2 through 4, with a total enrollment of 208 students. Enrollment is 36% lower than the average for elementary schools in Iowa, which is about 325.
Carpenter Elementary School is a school in Monticello Comm School District. The district has 4 schools and 999 students.
White students make up 88% of enrollment at Carpenter Elementary School. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. For comparison, Jones County is about 92% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.1 students per teacher. That matches the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 36% of students. For comparison, public schools in Jones County average 36%.
The allk12 Grade for Carpenter Elementary School is B+. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 73.9%.
Within Jones County, the median household income is $73,531, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Jones County has 10 public schools and roughly 2,693 students.
The shortest distance from Carpenter Elementary School to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to Shannon Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Carpenter Elementary School is 3rd among 7 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Carpenter Elementary School is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment is up 10% from 2020-21, when Carpenter Elementary School had 189 students, to 2024-25, when it had 208.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jones County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,896
Census ACS
Median income
$73,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monticello Comm School District
- Monticello High SchoolHigh · 320 students
- Monticello Middle SchoolMiddle · 305 students
- Shannon Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
Other schools in Monticello
- Monticello High SchoolHigh · 320 students
- Monticello Middle SchoolMiddle · 305 students
- Shannon Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
Other Carpenter Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Carpenter Elementary. Carpenter Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolDEER PARK, TX · 837 students
- Carpenter ElementaryCary, NC · 604 students
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolPFLUGERVILLE, TX · 600 students
- Carpenter Elem SchoolLAKE ORION, MI · 467 students
- Carpenter ElementaryCarpenter, WY · 69 students
Nearby schools
- Shannon Elementary School0.8 mi · 166
- Monticello High School1.3 mi · 320
- Monticello Middle School1.4 mi · 305
- Johnston Elementary School7.7 mi · 94
- Anamosa Middle School9.7 mi · 335
- Cascade Junior-Senior High School9.8 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Carpenter Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carpenter Elementary School?
Carpenter Elementary School enrolls approximately 208 students in grades 02-04.
What age range does Carpenter Elementary School serve?
Carpenter Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carpenter Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carpenter Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Carpenter Elementary School?
Student demographics at Carpenter Elementary School are roughly 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Carpenter Elementary School?
Carpenter Elementary School is overseen by Monticello Comm School District in Jones County.
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