Enrollment
209
Elementary
DISTRICT 165 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-FREDERICKSBURG COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192760001609
Durant Elementary School
601 West Fifth Street, Sumner, IA 50674 · (563) 578-5400 · Bremer County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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
13.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
73 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 35 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 48% larger than its 4th grade class (25).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.6%
IA avg 73.6% . -9.7pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.3% | 75.0% |
% 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
70.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Durant Elementary School
Durant Elementary School's state test result (70.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durant Elementary School this school | 209 | 34.9% | 70.4% |
| Carpenter Elementary School Monticello | 208 | 36.1% | 77.8% |
| Davis Elementary School Grinnell | 213 | 36.6% | 80.6% |
| West Union Elementary School West Union | 228 | 36.0% | 82.2% |
| Griswold Elementary Griswold | 227 | 36.6% | 67.5% |
| South Winneshiek Elementary School Ossian | 198 | 33.3% | 79.7% |
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 Durant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Bremer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #324 of 564 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #477 of 564 ▼ 167 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #348 of 564 ▼ 199 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 209 | #548 of 705 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #294 of 561 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.3% | #390 of 561 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #434 of 666 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #137 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
209
+19 (+10%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 209 | 15.4 | 13.5:1 | 35% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 14.9 | 13.3:1 | 41% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 197 | 15.8 | 12.5:1 | 41% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 29% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 19.9 | 12.5:1 | 35% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 268 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 30% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 29% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 23% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 22 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durant Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (249 to 209); teachers down 22% (19.9 to 15.4).
About Durant Elementary School
Sumner, Iowa, is home to Durant Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school has 209 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District includes 4 schools. Together they enroll 789 students.
The share of students at Durant Elementary School who are White is 87%. Other groups include 9% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 23, compared with 70 nationally.
Durant Elementary School reports a ratio of 13.5 students per teacher, from 15.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Durant Elementary School, 35% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 21% average for public schools in Bremer County is 14 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Durant Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 30% of Iowa public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Durant Elementary School, the prediction is 74.5% and the result is 70.4%.
The county, Bremer County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $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%. The county's public schools total 20, with about 5,346 students.
The closest school to Durant Elementary School is Sumner-Fredericksburg High School, located about 0.2 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside ten miles. Local comparison: Durant Elementary School ranks 5th of 7 nearby schools, at 70.4% versus a 72.0% average.
Durant Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
From 190 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 209 by 2024-25.
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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 Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District
- Sumner-Fredericksburg High SchoolHigh · 243 students
- Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 217 students
- Fredericksburg Elem SchoolElementary · 120 students
Other Durant Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Durant Elementary. Durant Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Durant Elementary SchoolDurant, IA · 342 students
- Durant Elementary SchoolDurant, MS · 242 students
Nearby schools
- Sumner-Fredericksburg High School0.2 mi · 243
- Tripoli Middle/Sr High School8.6 mi · 170
- Tripoli Elementary School8.7 mi · 219
- Fredericksburg Elem School8.9 mi · 120
- Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School9.2 mi · 217
- Readlyn Elementary School11.8 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About Durant Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Durant Elementary School?
Durant Elementary School enrolls approximately 209 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Durant Elementary School serve?
Durant Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Durant Elementary School have?
Durant Elementary School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Durant Elementary School?
Student demographics at Durant Elementary School are roughly 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Durant Elementary School in?
Durant Elementary School is part of Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District.
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