Enrollment
169
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS CENTER-GRIMES COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190852000705
Dallas Center Elementary
1205 13th St, Dallas Center, IA 50063 · (515) 992-3838 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL169 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
11.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
40 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 28% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 47% smaller than its 4th grade class (47).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Dallas Center Elementary→Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School→DC-G Oak View→Dallas Center-Grimes High School
Based on grade levels within Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
89.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
90.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.3% | 90.5% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 83.4% |
% 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
85.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Dallas Center Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Center Elementary this school | 169 | 23.7% | 85.6% |
| Shannon Elementary School Monticello | 166 | 24.1% | N/A |
| Virgil Grissom Elementary School Princeton | 152 | 23.7% | 89.7% |
| New Hartford Elementary School New Hartford | 147 | 23.1% | N/A |
| John Glenn Elementary School Donahue | 179 | 26.8% | 85.4% |
| Fairbank Elementary School Fairbank | 187 | 18.7% | 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 Dallas Center Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.6% | #43 of 564 | #4 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #34 of 564 ▲ 98 | #4 of 15 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.3% | #27 of 564 ▲ 107 | #3 of 15 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 169 | #598 of 705 | #20 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.7% | #564 of 666 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.5% | #12 of 359 | #1 of 9 |
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
169
-83 (-33%) vs 2020
-50% since 2010-11, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 169 | 14.6 | 11.6:1 | 24% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 179 | 17.4 | 10.3:1 | 25% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 17.4 | 11.4:1 | 25% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 18 | 14.0:1 | 23% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 17.1 | 16.1:1 | 22% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 430 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 22% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 19% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dallas Center Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (275 to 169); teachers down 15% (17.1 to 14.6).
About Dallas Center Elementary
Dallas Center Elementary is a public small elementary school in Dallas Center, Iowa. The school counts 169 students across kindergarten through 4. The school's enrollment is 48% smaller than the 325 average for elementary schools in Iowa.
The 7 schools of Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District, including Dallas Center Elementary, enroll 3,743 students.
Dallas Center Elementary enrolls a student body that is 93% White. It is also 4% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 84% White. By the diversity index, Dallas Center Elementary comes in at 12%.
Dallas Center Elementary counts 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.6 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Iowa, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Dallas County, the average is about the same, 22%.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Dallas Center Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Dallas Center Elementary is 5.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 85.6% actual, 80.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
Dallas Center Elementary is located in Dallas County, where median household income is about $102,379, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 41 public schools in Dallas County, with a combined enrollment of about 22,938.
The school nearest to Dallas Center Elementary is Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Dallas Center Elementary ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Dallas Center Elementary had 252 students in 2020-21 and 169 in 2024-25, a 33% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 11.6:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Dallas Center Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,968
Census ACS
Median income
$102,379
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
22,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District
- Dallas Center-Grimes High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Dallas Center-Grimes Middle SchoolMiddle · 586 students
- DC-G Oak ViewMiddle · 537 students
- Heritage ElementaryElementary · 530 students
- South Prairie ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- North Ridge ElementaryElementary · 412 students
Other schools in Dallas Center
- Dallas Center-Grimes Middle SchoolMiddle · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School0.2 mi · 586
- Trailridge School4.4 mi · 754
- Adel Elementary School5.2 mi · 403
- Northwest High School5.2 mi · 1,574
- ADM Senior High School5.4 mi · 666
- ADM Middle School5.4 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Dallas Center ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dallas Center Elementary?
Dallas Center Elementary enrolls approximately 169 students in grades KG-04.
Is Dallas Center Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dallas Center Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Dallas Center Elementary?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Dallas Center Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Dallas Center Elementary?
Student demographics at Dallas Center Elementary are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Dallas Center Elementary in?
Dallas Center Elementary is part of Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District.
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