Enrollment
182
Elementary
DISTRICT 186 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLINS-MAXWELL COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190790001950
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School
416 Fourth Avenue, Collins, IA 50055 · (641) 385-2446 · Story County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
75 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 28 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School→Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School
Based on grade levels within Collins-Maxwell Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
85.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
85.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.4% | 85.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.9% | 88.4% |
% 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
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Collins-Maxwell Elementary School
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School's state test result (80.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins-Maxwell Elementary School this school | 182 | 41.2% | 80.4% |
| Harris-Lake Park Elementary School Lake Park | 167 | 40.7% | 67.8% |
| English Valleys Elementary School North English | 183 | 41.5% | 68.9% |
| Dexter Elementary School Dexter | 186 | 43.5% | N/A |
| North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center Lowden | 168 | 38.1% | 77.1% |
| Corning Elementary School Corning | 210 | 44.3% | 73.6% |
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 Collins-Maxwell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Story County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #127 of 564 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #116 of 564 ▼ 59 | #5 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #62 of 564 ▲ 87 | #4 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #576 of 705 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #344 of 666 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #230 of 359 | 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
182
-27 (-13%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 226
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 182 | 16.7 | 10.9:1 | 41% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 17.8 | 10.6:1 | 48% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 18.5 | 11.0:1 | 43% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 12 | 17.4:1 | 34% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 201 | 15.7 | 12.8:1 | 28% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 203 | 17 | 11.9:1 | 37% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 243 | 18 | 13.5:1 | 27% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | 18 | 12.8:1 | 25% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 226 | 11 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Collins-Maxwell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (201 to 182); teachers up 6% (15.7 to 16.7).
About Collins-Maxwell Elementary School
In Collins, Iowa, part of Story County, Collins-Maxwell Elementary School is an elementary school. The school had 182 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Iowa is about 325, so this school runs 44% smaller than that.
Collins-Maxwell Comm School District includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 372 students.
White students are the large majority at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School, with 93% of enrollment. Next come 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 82% White among all Story County residents. By the diversity index, Collins-Maxwell Elementary School comes in at 14%.
Its 16.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 41%. That rate is above the 28% average among public schools in Story County.
The allk12 Grade for Collins-Maxwell Elementary School is A. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School are 9.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (80.4% actual, 71.3% predicted).
Among Story County residents, median household income is about $69,685, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 26 public schools in Story County, with a combined enrollment of about 11,665.
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School is the public school closest to Collins-Maxwell Elementary School, about 4.9 miles away. Collins-Maxwell Elementary School has 4 other public schools within ten miles. Local comparison: Collins-Maxwell Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 80.4% versus a 75.3% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School had 209 students in 2020-21 and 182 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.9:1.
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Story County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,466
Census ACS
Median income
$69,685
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,665 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Collins-Maxwell Comm School District
- Collins-Maxwell Middle/High SchoolHigh · 190 students
Nearby schools
- Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School4.9 mi · 190
- Colo-NESCO Middle/High School7.4 mi · 216
- Baxter Elementary School9.5 mi · 209
- Baxter High School9.5 mi · 262
- West Marshall Elementary School10.5 mi · 412
- West Marshall Middle School10.5 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Collins-Maxwell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School?
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School enrolls approximately 182 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Collins-Maxwell Elementary School serve?
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Collins-Maxwell Elementary School in?
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School is part of Collins-Maxwell Comm School District.
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