Enrollment
142
Elementary
STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELWOOD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190888000505
Delwood Elementary School
311 Delmar Ave, Delmar, IA 52037 · (563) 674-4164 · Clinton County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL142 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% 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.
- ABeats 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
8.7:1
16 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
57 students
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 | 24% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 11 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (11).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
87.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
91.2%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 88 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.7% | 91.2% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 91.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Delwood Elementary School
Delwood Elementary School's state test result (85.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delwood Elementary School this school | 142 | 40.1% | 85.0% |
| New Albin Elementary School New Albin | 147 | 42.9% | 84.6% |
| Melcher-Dallas Elementary Dallas | 157 | 38.9% | 61.7% |
| Harris-Lake Park Elementary School Lake Park | 167 | 40.7% | 67.8% |
| Creston Early Childhood Center Creston | 142 | 40.8% | N/A |
| North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center Lowden | 168 | 38.1% | 77.1% |
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 Delwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Clinton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #52 of 564 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.2% | #27 of 564 ▼ 2 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.7% | #40 of 564 ▲ 24 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 142 | #632 of 705 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #362 of 666 | #6 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
142
-8 (-5%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 157
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 142 | 16.3 | 8.7:1 | 40% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 161 | 17.5 | 9.2:1 | 40% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 15.9 | 10.4:1 | 41% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 150 | 14 | 10.7:1 | 47% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 177 | 13.2 | 13.4:1 | 43% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 164 | 13 | 12.6:1 | 33% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 150 | 11 | 13.6:1 | 41% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 147 | 10 | 14.7:1 | 27% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 157 | 8 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (177 to 142); teachers up 23% (13.2 to 16.3).
About Delwood Elementary School
Delwood Elementary School is a small elementary school in Iowa, with an address in Delmar. The school counted 142 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6. That is 56% below the average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
The school's district is Delwood Comm School District.
Of every 100 students at Delwood Elementary School, about 94 are White. It is also 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 8.7:1 is based on 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 42% average for public schools in Clinton County.
Delwood Elementary School holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Delwood Elementary School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 13.1 points (85.0% versus 71.9%), a top-10% result in Iowa on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Clinton County, the median household earns about $66,981 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Clinton County has 18 public schools with about 7,129 students, including Delwood Elementary School.
Maquoketa Middle School is about 5.2 miles from Delwood Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within ten miles: 4. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Delwood Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Delwood Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 5%, from 150 to 142. Students per teacher dropped from 10.7 in 2020-21 to 8.7 in 2024-25.
People who know Delwood Elementary School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,268
Census ACS
Median income
$66,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,129 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Maquoketa Middle School5.2 mi · 315
- Maquoketa Community High School5.2 mi · 477
- Cardinal Elementary School5.6 mi · 260
- Briggs Elementary School5.8 mi · 207
- Andrew Elementary School10.4 mi · 125
- Easton Valley Junior High / High School11.1 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About Delwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Delwood Elementary School?
Delwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 142 students in grades PK-06.
Is Delwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Delwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Delwood Elementary School?
Approximately 8.7:1 students per teacher at Delwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Delwood Elementary School?
Delwood Elementary School reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Delwood Elementary School?
Delwood Elementary School is overseen by Delwood Comm School District in Clinton County.
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