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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building this year?
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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 246 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190894000831
Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building
530 Lincoln, Denver, IA 50622 · (319) 984-5611 · Bremer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
52 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Denver Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
92.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
96.1%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.6% | 96.1% |
| 2023-24 | 90.6% | 96.6% |
% 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
93.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building
Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building's state test result (93.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building this school | 431 | 12.1% | 93.1% |
| Alburnett Elementary School Alburnett | 395 | 12.2% | 75.7% |
| Lisbon Elementary School Lisbon | 461 | 12.6% | 78.5% |
| Peosta Elementary School Peosta | 425 | 11.1% | 80.2% |
| Irving Elementary School Indianola | 395 | 14.9% | 85.5% |
| Treynor Elementary School Treynor | 366 | 15.0% | 88.9% |
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 Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Bremer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.1% | #3 of 564 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.1% | #5 of 564 ▼ 2 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.6% | #5 of 564 ▲ 5 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #181 of 705 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #443 of 561 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.1% | #549 of 561 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #644 of 666 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #67 of 168 | 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
431
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+169% since 2010-11, when it was 160
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 431 | 28.9 | 14.9:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 29.8 | 14.8:1 | 13% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 29.7 | 15.7:1 | 15% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 12% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 19 | 18.8:1 | 20% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 160 | 8 | 20.0:1 | 14% (23) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (379 to 431); teachers up 16% (25 to 28.9).
About Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building
A medium-sized elementary school in Denver, Iowa, Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building is part of Denver Comm School District. The school enrolls 431 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Iowa) has about 325 students.
The 4 schools in Denver Comm School District enroll 1,007 students altogether, Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building among them.
The student body at Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building is 96% White. Other groups make up 3% multiracial. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 28.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.9:1. That is higher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 12%. On average, public schools in Bremer County report 21%.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 85.9%. Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building scores 93.1%.
Within Bremer County, the median household income is $86,784, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. In all, Bremer County has 20 public schools and roughly 5,346 students.
The closest other public school is Denver Early Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building has 3 other public schools within five miles. Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 93.1% against a local average of 87.4%.
NCES describes the area around Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment went from 437 in 2020-21 to 431 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students.
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Bremer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,204
Census ACS
Median income
$86,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Comm School District
- Denver Senior High SchoolHigh · 278 students
- Denver Middle SchoolMiddle · 238 students
- Denver Early Elementary SchoolElementary · 60 students
Other schools in Denver
- Denver Senior High SchoolHigh · 278 students
- Denver Middle SchoolMiddle · 238 students
- Denver Early Elementary SchoolElementary · 60 students
Nearby schools
- Denver Early Elementary School0.2 mi · 60
- Denver Middle School0.4 mi · 238
- Denver Senior High School0.4 mi · 278
- Readlyn Elementary School5.9 mi · 107
- Janesville Junior-Senior High School6.6 mi · 243
- Janesville Elementary School6.6 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street BuildingWhat is the total enrollment at Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building?
Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building enrolls approximately 431 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building serve?
Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building is approximately 14.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building?
At Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building?
Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building is overseen by Denver Comm School District in Bremer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.