Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 203 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORNING COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190813000403
Corning Elementary School
901 Nodaway Street, Corning, IA 50841 · (641) 322-4020 · Adams County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
93 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 27 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.9%
IA avg 73.6% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
76.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.3pp 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 77 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 76.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 72.4% |
% 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
73.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Corning Elementary School
Corning Elementary School's state test result (73.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corning Elementary School this school | 210 | 44.3% | 73.6% |
| East Campus Elementary School Waukon | 220 | 42.7% | 79.6% |
| Boyer Valley Elementary School Dow City | 208 | 43.3% | N/A |
| Riceville Elementary School Riceville | 226 | 45.6% | 74.0% |
| Dexter Elementary School Dexter | 186 | 43.5% | N/A |
| Starmont Elementary School Arlington | 244 | 44.7% | 69.3% |
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 Corning Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #268 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #280 of 564 ▲ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #184 of 564 ▲ 117 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #545 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #16 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #486 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #294 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #188 of 359 |
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
210
-18 (-8%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 210 | 20.2 | 10.4:1 | 44% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 212 | 19.3 | 11.0:1 | 47% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 23.3 | 9.1:1 | 44% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 22 | 10.4:1 | 42% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 240 | 23.6 | 10.2:1 | 45% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 19 | 13.0:1 | 48% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 22 | 12.1:1 | 55% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 17 | 19.1:1 | 34% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 328 | 16 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Corning Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (240 to 210); teachers down 14% (23.6 to 20.2).
About Corning Elementary School
Corning Elementary School is an elementary school in Corning, Iowa, reachable at (641) 322-4020. It reported 210 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Iowa enroll about 325 students on average.
Corning Comm School District runs 2 schools with a combined 405 students. Corning Elementary School is one of them.
Corning Elementary School is 92% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Adams County, where about 95% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Corning Elementary School scores 15%.
The school lists 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 93 students, or 44%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Corning Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of Iowa public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Corning Elementary School is 3.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 73.6% actual, 69.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
The county, Adams County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $71,875 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Corning Elementary School, Adams County has 2 public schools.
The closest school to Corning Elementary School is Southwest Valley High school, located about 0.2 miles away. Corning Elementary School's average proficiency of 73.6% compares with 72.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment fell by 8% across 4 years, from 228 in 2020-21 to 210 in 2024-25.
People who know Corning Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,622
Census ACS
Median income
$71,875
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
405 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corning Comm School District
- Southwest Valley High schoolHigh · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest Valley High school0.2 mi · 195
- Lenox Elementary School12.6 mi · 308
- Lenox High School12.6 mi · 219
- Southwest Valley Middle School12.9 mi · 131
- Sylvia Enarson Elementary School13.2 mi · 112
- CAM Elementary School18.2 mi · 216
Frequently asked questions
About Corning Elementary SchoolHow large is Corning Elementary School?
Corning Elementary School enrolls approximately 210 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Corning Elementary School serve?
Corning Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Corning Elementary School have?
Corning Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Corning Elementary School?
At Corning Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Corning Elementary School?
Corning Elementary School is overseen by Corning Comm School District in Adams County.
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