Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 326 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANVILLE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190855000454
Danville Elementary School
419 South Main Street, Danville, IA 52623 · (319) 392-4221 · Des Moines County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% 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.
- 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.
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
13.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
112 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 34 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Danville Elementary School→Danville Junior-Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Danville Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
88.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
87.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.4pp 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 88 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 have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.5% | 87.5% |
| 2023-24 | 77.2% | 87.1% |
% 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Danville Elementary School
Danville Elementary School's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville Elementary School this school | 362 | 30.9% | 81.8% |
| Tri-Center Elementary School Neola | 364 | 34.1% | 77.5% |
| East Buchanan Elementary School Winthrop | 303 | 31.0% | 76.0% |
| Panorama Elementary Panora | 306 | 31.7% | 65.3% |
| Logan-Magnolia Elementary School Logan | 431 | 32.3% | 82.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Osage | 405 | 29.4% | 75.5% |
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 Danville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Des Moines County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #103 of 564 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #71 of 564 ▲ 2 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #33 of 564 ▲ 131 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #268 of 705 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #313 of 561 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #553 of 561 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #486 of 666 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #212 of 359 | #5 of 6 |
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
362
-43 (-11%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 254
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 362 | 26.4 | 13.7:1 | 31% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 26.9 | 14.0:1 | 34% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 27.5 | 13.7:1 | 36% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 32% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 25.3 | 16.1:1 | 27% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 30% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 20 | 18.1:1 | 31% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 15 | 19.7:1 | 21% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 254 | 16 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Danville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (407 to 362); teachers up 4% (25.3 to 26.4).
About Danville Elementary School
Danville Elementary School is an elementary school in Danville, Iowa, reachable at (319) 392-4221. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 362 students.
Federal data list 2 schools in Danville Comm School District, with 651 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Danville Elementary School is 96%. Next come 2% multiracial. The county population is about 86% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.
Danville Elementary School reported 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.7:1. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. There are 112 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 31% of enrollment. The 45% average for public schools in Des Moines County is 14 points higher.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Danville Elementary School outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 76.5%. Danville Elementary School scores 81.8%.
For Des Moines County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $62,928 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Danville Elementary School, Des Moines County has 15 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Danville Elementary School is closest to Danville Junior-Senior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 62.0%; Danville Elementary School's is 81.8%, ranking 1st of 9.
Danville Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% decline, from 405 to 362. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.0:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Des Moines County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,487
Census ACS
Median income
$62,928
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,632 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Danville Comm School District
- Danville Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 289 students
Other Danville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Danville Elementary. Danville Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Danville Elementary SchoolDanville, OH · 353 students
- Danville Elementary SchoolDanville, NH · 283 students
Nearby schools
- Danville Junior-Senior High School0.0 mi · 289
- Clark Elementary School6.3 mi · 314
- New London Jr-Sr High School6.3 mi · 284
- West Burlington Arnold Jr./Sr. High School8.6 mi · 396
- West Burlington Elem School8.6 mi · 479
- Aldo Leopold Intermediate School9.5 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Danville Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Danville Elementary School?
Danville Elementary School enrolls approximately 362 students in grades PK-06.
Is Danville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Danville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Danville Elementary School have?
Danville Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Danville Elementary School?
Danville Elementary School reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Danville Elementary School?
Danville Elementary School is overseen by Danville Comm School District in Des Moines County.
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