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If you had an hour of school board time for Demoney Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESTHERVILLE LINCOLN CENTRAL COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191107000684
Demoney Elementary
109 S 17th Street, Estherville, IA 51334 · (712) 362-2181 · Emmet County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
254 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 41%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Demoney Elementary→Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School→Estherville Lincoln Central High School
Based on grade levels within Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -13.5pp since 2023
Math
61.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
460
-84 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.7:1
% White
61%
was 68%
% Hispanic
35%
was 28%
% Black
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Demoney Elementary
Demoney Elementary is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Estherville, Iowa, operated by Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District, with 460 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Demoney Elementary sits 42% larger than that benchmark.
Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,127 students. Demoney Elementary is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Demoney Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, Demoney Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.3%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of -5.0 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Emmet County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,730 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Demoney Elementary is one of 4 public schools in Emmet County (combined enrollment of about 1,297 students).
The closest other public school is Estherville Lincoln Central High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Demoney Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 70.0%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Demoney Elementary has decreased 15%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.
On this page, the feed for Demoney Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Emmet County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,262
Census ACS
Median income
$63,730
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,297 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District
- Estherville Lincoln Central High SchoolHigh · 359 students
- Estherville Lincoln Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 308 students
Other schools in Estherville
- Estherville Lincoln Central High SchoolHigh · 359 students
- Estherville Lincoln Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Estherville Lincoln Central High School0.1 mi · 359
- Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School0.1 mi · 308
- Graettinger-Terril Elementary School10.0 mi · 149
- Graettinger-Terril High School11.8 mi · 128
- Graettinger-Terril Middle School11.8 mi · 48
- Spirit Lake Middle School13.9 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About Demoney ElementaryHow large is Demoney Elementary?
Demoney Elementary enrolls approximately 460 students in grades PK-04.
Is Demoney Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Demoney Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Demoney Elementary have?
Demoney Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Demoney Elementary?
Student demographics at Demoney Elementary are roughly 61% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Demoney Elementary in?
Demoney Elementary is part of Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.