Total enrollment
4,257
-283 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
7 schools in Bettendorf Comm School District
Iowa · 4,257 students · 1 city
Public-school families inside Bettendorf Comm School District pick from 7 schools serving the district's roughly 4,257 K-12 students (5 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high).
4-year change in Bettendorf Comm School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
7
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Bettendorf Comm School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Iowa | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #89 of 169 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 4,257 | #22 of 234 | #2,282 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 7 | #28 of 234 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #188 of 234 | #5,439 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 35.1% | #126 of 234 | #6,101 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #21 of 119 | #2,618 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Bettendorf Comm School District
State test results across the district's 7 scored schools run from Paul Norton Elementary School at 86.0% proficient to Neil Armstrong Elementary School at 64.5%, a gap of 21.4 points. That is the 18th widest gap among 56 Iowa districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 7 district schools that reported both years went from 4,461 to 4,257 students (down 5%) and from 287 to 284 full-time teachers (down 1%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettendorf High School | Bettendorf | High | 09-12 | 1,433 |
| Bettendorf Middle School | Bettendorf | Middle | 06-08 | 952 |
| Grant Wood Elementary School | Bettendorf | Elementary | PK-05 | 433 |
| Mark Twain Elementary School | Bettendorf | Elementary | PK-05 | 409 |
| Paul Norton Elementary School | Bettendorf | Elementary | KG-05 | 403 |
| Herbert Hoover Elementary School | Bettendorf | Elementary | KG-05 | 359 |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School | Bettendorf | Elementary | PK-05 | 268 |
About Bettendorf Comm School District
Bettendorf Comm School District is a thinly populated Iowa school district running 7 schools with combined enrollment near 4,257.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Bettendorf Comm School District is built around 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school.
On a per-school basis, Bettendorf Comm School District runs about 608 students per school, 62% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 376.
Five-year track record. Combined enrollment now sits at 4,257 students, declined 6% from the 4,540 reported in SY 2020-21.
On allk12, the community for Bettendorf Comm School District discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.