Christine Grant Elementary

Christine Grant Elementary is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in North Liberty, Iowa, one of the schools within Iowa City Comm School District, hosting 426 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Christine Grant Elementary sits 31% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 29 schools in Iowa City Comm School District (15,111 students total), Christine Grant Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Christine Grant Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 12% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Johnson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Christine Grant Elementary logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Johnson County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Christine Grant Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 82.7%; this one delivers 76.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household income runs about $74,935, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Christine Grant Elementary is one of 43 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 20,019 students).

Nearest neighbor: Penn Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Christine Grant Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 77.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

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