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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENISON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190891000511
Denison Elementary School
38 N 20th St, Denison, IA 51442 · (712) 263-3104 · Crawford County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- ·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
12.2:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
389 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 130 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 160 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 20% |
Student demographics
47%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
Based on grade levels within Denison Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 are down about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 69.4% |
% 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
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% 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 Denison Elementary School
Denison Elementary School's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denison Elementary School this school | 691 | 56.3% | 63.2% |
| West Liberty Elementary School West Liberty | 438 | 55.9% | 46.4% |
| Kinsey Elementary School Sioux Center | 483 | 54.0% | 81.1% |
| Perry Elementary Perry | 816 | 60.0% | 68.8% |
| Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary School Clarion | 469 | 56.9% | 65.5% |
| Loess Hills Elementary SIOUX CITY | 578 | 71.6% | 62.3% |
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 Denison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #434 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #413 of 564 ▼ 25 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #449 of 564 ▲ 17 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #12 of 705 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #143 of 561 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #239 of 561 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #157 of 666 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #317 of 359 | N/A |
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
691
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 691 | 56.5 | 12.2:1 | 56% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 56.4 | 12.4:1 | 56% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 676 | 53.8 | 12.6:1 | 60% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 55 | 12.3:1 | 62% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 50.8 | 14.1:1 | 74% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 57 | 13.1:1 | 77% (577) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 75% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 656 | 35 | 18.7:1 | 53% (348) |
| 1990-91 | 658 | 41 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (716 to 691); teachers up 11% (50.8 to 56.5).
About Denison Elementary School
This page covers Denison Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school in Denison, Iowa. Federal data show 691 students enrolled in pre-K through 3 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students, which makes this school 113% above average.
Denison Comm School District is the district for Denison Elementary School. It has 4 schools and 2,258 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Denison Elementary School is 68%, a majority. The remaining students are 25% White, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. Census figures show Crawford County is about 31% Hispanic. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at Denison Elementary School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 56.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.2:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is 1.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 56%.
Denison Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.8% at Denison Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.2%.
In the surrounding county, Crawford County, median household income comes to about $67,027, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 3,007 students.
Denison Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Broadway Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Denison Elementary School's average proficiency of 63.2% compares with 76.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school's student count rose 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People who know Denison Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,277
Census ACS
Median income
$67,027
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,007 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denison Comm School District
- Denison High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Denison Middle SchoolMiddle · 502 students
- Broadway Elementary SchoolElementary · 288 students
Other schools in Denison
- Denison High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Denison Middle SchoolMiddle · 502 students
- Broadway Elementary SchoolElementary · 288 students
Nearby schools
- Broadway Elementary School0.4 mi · 288
- Denison High School0.7 mi · 777
- Denison Middle School1.1 mi · 502
- Boyer Valley Elementary School10.0 mi · 208
- Schleswig Middle School11.0 mi · 51
- Schleswig Elementary School11.0 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Denison Elementary SchoolHow large is Denison Elementary School?
Denison Elementary School enrolls approximately 691 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Denison Elementary School serve?
Denison Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many teachers does Denison Elementary School have?
Denison Elementary School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Denison Elementary School?
Student demographics at Denison Elementary School are roughly 25% White, 68% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Denison Elementary School?
Denison Elementary School is overseen by Denison Comm School District in Crawford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.