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What's something Davis County Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS COUNTY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190861000059
Davis County Elementary
500 E North St, Bloomfield, IA 52537 · (641) 664-2200 · Davis County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
195 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 26% smaller than its 4th grade class (80).
Student demographics
14%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
Based on grade levels within Davis County Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
62.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
76.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 63 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 76.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 65.7% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Davis County Elementary
Davis County Elementary's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis County Elementary this school | 418 | 46.7% | 64.2% |
| West Elementary School Glenwood | 440 | 46.6% | 80.6% |
| West Elementary Knoxville | 485 | 46.4% | N/A |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Newton | 380 | 45.0% | 75.0% |
| Shenandoah Elementary School Shenandoah | 349 | 46.7% | 75.2% |
| Northstar Elementary School Knoxville | 348 | 49.1% | 63.9% |
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 Davis County Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #419 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #283 of 564 ▲ 147 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #429 of 564 ▲ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #197 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #11 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #502 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #259 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #160 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
418
-53 (-11%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 418 | 41.2 | 10.2:1 | 47% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 43.9 | 10.5:1 | 52% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 46.8 | 10.3:1 | 48% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 42 | 11.2:1 | 53% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 39.9 | 12.3:1 | 51% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 42% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 46% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 39% (192) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis County Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (489 to 418); teachers up 3% (39.9 to 41.2).
About Davis County Elementary
Davis County Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Bloomfield, Iowa, administered by Davis County Comm School District. The school counted 418 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 4. That puts enrollment 29% larger than the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa.
Davis County Elementary falls under Davis County Comm School District, which has 4 schools enrolling 1,147 students.
Roughly 93% of students at Davis County Elementary are White. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic. Davis County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
There are about 10.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Davis County Elementary, which has 41.2. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Davis County Elementary is about 47%. The figure for public schools in Davis County is close, at 44%.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Davis County Elementary outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Davis County Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 68.6%. Davis County Elementary scores 64.2%, 4.4 points below that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Davis County show that the median household earns about $77,194 a year, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Davis County, 4 public schools serve about 1,147 students.
Davis County Middle School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Davis County Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Davis County Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Davis County Elementary is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 471 to 418. Students per teacher dropped from 11.2 in 2020-21 to 10.2 in 2024-25.
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Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,157
Census ACS
Median income
$77,194
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis County Comm School District
- Davis County Community High SchoolHigh · 358 students
- Davis County Middle SchoolMiddle · 337 students
- DC OnlineHigh · 34 students
Other schools in Bloomfield
- Davis County Community High SchoolHigh · 358 students
- Davis County Middle SchoolMiddle · 337 students
- DC OnlineHigh · 34 students
Nearby schools
- Davis County Middle School0.0 mi · 337
- Davis County Community High School0.2 mi · 358
- DC Online0.8 mi · 34
- Moulton-Udell High School14.7 mi · 85
- Moulton Elementary School14.7 mi · 103
- Liberty Intermediate School16.5 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About Davis County ElementaryHow large is Davis County Elementary?
Davis County Elementary enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Davis County Elementary serve?
Davis County Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Davis County Elementary?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Davis County Elementary.
How diverse is Davis County Elementary?
Davis County Elementary reports a student body of 93% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Davis County Elementary public or private?
Davis County Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Davis County Comm School District.
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