Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRINNELL-NEWBURG COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191320000790
Davis Elementary School
818 Hamilton Avenue, Grinnell, IA 50112 · (641) 236-2700 · Poweshiek County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL213 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.
- A-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
15.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
78 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 94 | 44% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 56% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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 Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
86.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.9pp 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 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 86.6% |
| 2023-24 | 76.7% | 81.7% |
% 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
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Elementary School
Davis Elementary School's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Elementary School this school | 213 | 36.6% | 80.6% |
| Carpenter Elementary School Monticello | 208 | 36.1% | 77.8% |
| Durant Elementary School Sumner | 209 | 34.9% | 70.4% |
| Dunkerton Elementary Dunkerton | 215 | 38.6% | 75.4% |
| West Union Elementary School West Union | 228 | 36.0% | 82.2% |
| Stuart Elementary School Stuart | 211 | 37.4% | 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 Davis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #123 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #86 of 564 ▲ 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #197 of 564 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #539 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #475 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #383 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #410 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #76 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
213
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 269
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 213 | 13.9 | 15.3:1 | 37% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 14.9 | 15.3:1 | 39% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 215 | 13.8 | 15.6:1 | 32% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 208 | 15 | 13.9:1 | 38% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 16.4 | 16.8:1 | 32% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 231 | 16 | 14.4:1 | 45% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 44% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 24% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (275 to 213); teachers down 15% (16.4 to 13.9).
About Davis Elementary School
Davis Elementary School serves students in Grinnell, Iowa, as a small elementary school. The school covers grades 3 through 4 and reported 213 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 34% below the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa.
Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District serves 1,534 students across 5 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Davis Elementary School is White, at 87%. It is also 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Among Poweshiek County residents, the White share is about 90%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 24%.
The school has 13.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.3 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1, 1.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Davis Elementary School, 37% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Poweshiek County is similar, at 36%.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Davis Elementary School outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Iowa schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Davis Elementary School's results are 7.0 points above predicted: 80.6% against 73.6%.
The county, Poweshiek County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $67,391, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 11 public schools and about 2,566 students.
Measured in a straight line, Grinnell Community Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Davis Elementary School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Davis Elementary School is behind the 80.7% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 208 to 213. Students per teacher increased from 13.9 in 2020-21 to 15.3 in 2024-25.
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Poweshiek County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,545
Census ACS
Median income
$67,391
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,566 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District
- Grinnell Community Senior High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Grinnell Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Bailey Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 147 students
Other schools in Grinnell
- Grinnell Community Senior High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Grinnell Community Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 242 students
- Bailey Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 147 students
Other Davis Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 17 states are named Davis Elementary. Davis Elementary School is the 21st largest of the 24.
- Davis Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 831 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolSouthampton, PA · 785 students
- Davis ElementaryCOLLEGE PLACE, WA · 698 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 643 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 635 students
Nearby schools
- Grinnell Community Middle School0.6 mi · 420
- Bailey Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 147
- Fairview Elementary School1.1 mi · 242
- Grinnell Community Senior High School1.2 mi · 512
- East Marshall Middle School10.2 mi · 157
- Lynnville-Sully Elementary School12.3 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About Davis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School enrolls approximately 213 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does Davis Elementary School serve?
Davis Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Davis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Davis Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Davis Elementary School?
At Davis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School is overseen by Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District in Poweshiek County.
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