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What's the most underrated thing about Crocker Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANKENY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190369000778
Crocker Elementary School
2910 SW Applewood St, Ankeny, IA 50023 · (515) 965-9710 · Polk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
105 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
77.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
87.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +5.8pp 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 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.8% | 87.9% |
| 2023-24 | 79.6% | 82.1% |
% 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
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Crocker Elementary School
Crocker Elementary School's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crocker Elementary School this school | 489 | 21.5% | 80.1% |
| Cowles Elementary School Des Moines | 392 | 20.2% | 82.6% |
| Heritage Elementary Grimes | 530 | 20.2% | N/A |
| Mary Welsh Elementary Williamsburg | 604 | 22.5% | 75.9% |
| Westwood Elementary School Ankeny | 551 | 17.6% | 82.9% |
| Anderson Elementary School Bondurant | 531 | 22.4% | 77.6% |
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 Crocker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #131 of 564 | #14 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.9% | #62 of 564 ▲ 94 | #6 of 78 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #188 of 564 ▼ 74 | #24 of 78 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #113 of 705 | #38 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #392 of 561 | #54 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #285 of 561 | #72 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #582 of 666 | #73 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #52 of 359 | #7 of 64 |
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
489
-46 (-9%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 21% (105) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 17% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 35.9 | 13.9:1 | 19% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 13% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 34.2 | 19.4:1 | 14% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 11% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 11% (72) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crocker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (662 to 489); teachers down 1% (34.2 to 34).
About Crocker Elementary School
Families in Ankeny, Iowa, are served by Crocker Elementary School, a large elementary school. Enrolled students number 489 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 50% higher than the average for elementary schools in Iowa, which is about 325.
Crocker Elementary School is one of the 18 schools that make up Ankeny Comm School District (12,746 students in total).
Roughly 78% of students at Crocker Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. The county population is about 76% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Crocker Elementary School operates with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.4:1. That is close to the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Crocker Elementary School reports 21% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 49% average for public schools in Polk County is 28 points higher.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Crocker Elementary School is -1.1 points: 80.1% actual, 81.2% predicted.
Census estimates describe Polk County this way: the median household income is $83,576, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Crocker Elementary School, Polk County has 136 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Crocker Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Prairie Trail Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Crocker Elementary School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 489 students in 2024-25, 46 fewer than the 535 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.7:1 to 14.4:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Crocker Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ankeny Comm School District
- Ankeny Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Ankeny High SchoolHigh · 1,375 students
- Northview Middle SchoolHigh · 1,021 students
- Prairie Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,004 students
- Southview Middle SchoolHigh · 913 students
- Parkview Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
Other schools in Ankeny
- Ankeny Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Ankeny High SchoolHigh · 1,375 students
- Northview Middle SchoolHigh · 1,021 students
- Prairie Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,004 students
- Southview Middle SchoolHigh · 913 students
- Parkview Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
Other Crocker Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Crocker Elementary. Crocker Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Crocker ElementaryFitchburg, MA · 610 students
- CROCKER ELEM.CROCKER, MO · 236 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Trail Elementary0.9 mi · 526
- Heritage Elementary1.8 mi · 604
- Southview Middle School2.0 mi · 913
- Ankeny High School2.0 mi · 1,375
- Northwest Elementary School2.5 mi · 346
- Cornell Elementary School2.6 mi · 555
Frequently asked questions
About Crocker Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Crocker Elementary School?
Crocker Elementary School enrolls approximately 489 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Crocker Elementary School serve?
Crocker Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crocker Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crocker Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Crocker Elementary School?
Crocker Elementary School reports a student body of 78% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Crocker Elementary School in?
Crocker Elementary School is part of Ankeny Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.