Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 227 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DIKE-NEW HARTFORD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190912000595
Dike Elementary School
330 Main St, Dike, IA 50624 · (319) 989-2487 · Grundy County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
61 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 39 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 28% smaller than its 4th grade class (67).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
88.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
88.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.0pp 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 89 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 88.8% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 84.8% |
% 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
88.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Dike Elementary School
Dike Elementary School's state test result (88.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dike Elementary School this school | 306 | 19.9% | 88.4% |
| Earlham Elementary School Earlham | 328 | 20.1% | 82.4% |
| Center Point-Urbana Primary School Center Point | 365 | 19.2% | N/A |
| Epworth Elementary School Epworth | 360 | 19.2% | 78.5% |
| North Linn Elementary Troy Mills | 281 | 23.5% | 77.8% |
| Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School Nashua | 281 | 23.1% | 74.3% |
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 Dike Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.4% | #20 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.8% | #48 of 564 ▲ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #37 of 564 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #362 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #380 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #513 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.9% | #595 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #343 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
306
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 306 | 21.4 | 14.3:1 | 20% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 21.3 | 14.2:1 | 18% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 21.4 | 14.6:1 | 17% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 18% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 20.4 | 15.3:1 | 16% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 20 | 17.5:1 | 21% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 14 | 21.8:1 | 17% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 252 | 13 | 19.4:1 | 20% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 19 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dike Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (311 to 306); teachers up 5% (20.4 to 21.4).
About Dike Elementary School
Dike Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Dike, Iowa. Federal data show 306 students enrolled in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25.
Within Dike-New Hartford Comm School District, Dike Elementary School is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 957 students.
Roughly 93% of students at Dike Elementary School are White. Smaller groups are 4% multiracial. Grundy County residents are about 95% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Dike Elementary School is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Dike Elementary School, which has 21.4. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 20%. That is lower than the 32% average for public schools in Grundy County.
On the allk12 Grade, Dike Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 94% of Iowa public elementary schools.
A school with Dike Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 82.0%. Dike Elementary School scores 88.4%, 6.4 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Grundy County, the median household earns about $87,205 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Dike Elementary School, Grundy County has 11 public schools.
Dike Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Dike-New Hartford High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, Dike Elementary School is ahead of the 84.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Dike Elementary School was 312 in 2020-21 and 306 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
This page collects posts and questions about Dike Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Grundy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,384
Census ACS
Median income
$87,205
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,334 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dike-New Hartford Comm School District
- Dike-New Hartford High SchoolHigh · 294 students
- Dike-New Hartford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 210 students
- New Hartford Elementary SchoolElementary · 147 students
Nearby schools
- Dike-New Hartford High School0.0 mi · 294
- Dike-New Hartford Junior High School7.1 mi · 210
- New Hartford Elementary School7.1 mi · 147
- Bess Streeter Aldrich Elementary7.9 mi · 472
- Cedar Falls High School8.3 mi · 1,333
- Holmes Junior High School9.2 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Dike Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dike Elementary School?
Dike Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Dike Elementary School serve?
Dike Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Dike Elementary School have?
Dike Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dike Elementary School?
At Dike Elementary School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Dike Elementary School?
Dike Elementary School is overseen by Dike-New Hartford Comm School District in Grundy County.
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