Enrollment
117
Elementary
DISTRICT 83 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARTER OAK-UTE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190711000327
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School
321 Main, Charter Oak, IA 51439 · (712) 678-3325 · Crawford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL117 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
9.0:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
40 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 | 16 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (15).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School→Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
IA avg 70.9% . -18.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 19 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.7% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 85.4% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School this school | 117 | 34.2% | 72.0% |
| Remsen-Union Elementary School Remsen | 123 | 31.7% | 85.3% |
| Fredericksburg Elem School Fredericksburg | 120 | 33.3% | N/A |
| Essex Elementary School Essex | 101 | 37.6% | 47.5% |
| McGregor Intermediate School Mcgregor | 130 | 32.3% | 69.6% |
| Johnston Elementary School Hopkinton | 94 | 33.0% | 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 Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #297 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #429 of 564 ▼ 318 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #383 of 564 ▲ 15 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 117 | #654 of 705 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.2% | #441 of 666 | 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
117
-12 (-9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 186
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 117 | 13 | 9.0:1 | 34% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 110 | 14.1 | 7.8:1 | 43% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 128 | 13.2 | 9.7:1 | 51% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 129 | 12 | 10.8:1 | 57% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 151 | 13.8 | 10.9:1 | 52% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 150 | 11 | 13.6:1 | 48% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 188 | 13 | 14.5:1 | 54% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 151 | 14 | 10.8:1 | 40% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 186 | 14 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (151 to 117); teachers down 6% (13.8 to 13).
About Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School is an elementary school in Charter Oak, Iowa, and it is part of Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District. There are 117 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 64% below the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa.
The district for Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School is Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District, with 2 schools and 166 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School is White, at 91%. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 66%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School scores 17%.
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.0:1. Elementary schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 13.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 34%. Public schools in Crawford County average 59%.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 74.8% for Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School. The school posts 72.0%, 2.8 points below the prediction.
For Crawford County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $67,027, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 11 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,007, Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School among them.
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School's nearest public school is Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School (less than a tenth of a mile). Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 10.8:1 to 9.0:1.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,277
Census ACS
Median income
$67,027
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,007 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District
- Charter Oak-Ute Junior High SchoolMiddle · 49 students
Other schools in Charter Oak
- Charter Oak-Ute Junior High SchoolMiddle · 49 students
Nearby schools
- Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School0.0 mi · 49
- Schleswig Elementary School10.7 mi · 75
- Schleswig Middle School10.7 mi · 51
- Boyer Valley Elementary School10.8 mi · 208
- Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School12.1 mi · 256
- Mapleton Elementary School12.1 mi · 182
Frequently asked questions
About Charter Oak-Ute Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School?
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School enrolls approximately 117 students in grades PK-05.
Is Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School is approximately 9.0:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School?
At Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black.
Is Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School public or private?
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District.
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