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What's one thing Demoney Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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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
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
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
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
6
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 | 39 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 23% larger than its 4th grade class (78).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
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.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 67.6% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Demoney Elementary
Demoney Elementary's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demoney Elementary this school | 460 | 55.2% | 59.4% |
| Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School Belmond | 362 | 57.7% | 49.5% |
| Madison Elementary School Muscatine | 372 | 50.8% | 61.3% |
| McKinley Elementary School Muscatine | 394 | 61.2% | 53.8% |
| Lenox Elementary School Lenox | 308 | 51.3% | 76.2% |
| Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary School Clarion | 469 | 56.9% | 65.5% |
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 Demoney Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #462 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #468 of 564 ▼ 57 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #520 of 564 ▼ 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #134 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #67 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #212 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #166 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #149 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
460
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 460 | 40 | 11.5:1 | 55% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 41.6 | 11.7:1 | 56% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 41.6 | 11.8:1 | 55% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 42 | 10.9:1 | 54% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 39.6 | 13.7:1 | 53% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 38% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 21 | 11.9:1 | 56% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Demoney Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (544 to 460); teachers up 1% (39.6 to 40).
About Demoney Elementary
Demoney Elementary is an elementary school in Estherville, Iowa, according to federal school records. Classes run from pre-K through 4, and the school has 460 students. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is about 325 students, so this school is 42% larger than average.
Demoney Elementary reports to Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District, which has 3 schools and 1,127 students.
Demoney Elementary is 61% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 35% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Emmet County overall, about 87% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Demoney Elementary is 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. About 55% of students, or 254, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Demoney Elementary is D. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Iowa schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Demoney Elementary's results are 5.0 points below predicted: 59.4% against 64.3%.
Census estimates describe Emmet County this way: the median household income is $63,730, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Demoney Elementary, Emmet County has 3 other public schools.
Estherville Lincoln Central High School is located about 0.1 miles from Demoney Elementary. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Demoney Elementary is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Demoney Elementary the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment went from 456 in 2020-21 to 460 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Middle School11.8 mi · 48
- Graettinger-Terril High School11.8 mi · 128
- 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.
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