Enrollment
248
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OTTUMWA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192211001315
Eisenhower Elementary School
2624 Marilyn Rd, Ottumwa, IA 52501 · (641) 684-5617 · Wapello County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
73 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Eisenhower Elementary School→Liberty Intermediate School→Evans Junior High School→Ottumwa High School
Based on grade levels within Ottumwa Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
76.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 down about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 76.4% |
| 2023-24 | 77.5% | 79.5% |
% 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
74.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Eisenhower Elementary School
Eisenhower Elementary School's state test result (74.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eisenhower Elementary School this school | 248 | 29.4% | 74.4% |
| Nodland Elementary School Sioux City | 249 | 25.7% | N/A |
| Mulberry Elementary School Muscatine | 293 | 31.7% | 73.6% |
| Runnells Elementary Runnells | 260 | 26.9% | 89.8% |
| Sunnyside Elementary School Sioux City | 244 | 34.8% | 85.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School Le Mars | 261 | 36.8% | 78.4% |
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 Eisenhower Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Wapello County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #253 of 564 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #286 of 564 ▼ 71 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #274 of 564 ▼ 115 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #483 of 705 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #318 of 561 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #244 of 561 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.4% | #516 of 666 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #124 of 168 | #4 of 6 |
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
248
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 248 | 18.1 | 13.7:1 | 29% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 17.9 | 13.6:1 | 33% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 15.9 | 15.0:1 | 27% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 12 | 20.4:1 | 11% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 13.3 | 17.9:1 | 20% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 21% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 224 | 14 | 16.0:1 | 22% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 221 | 10 | 22.1:1 | 12% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 11 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eisenhower Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (238 to 248); teachers up 36% (13.3 to 18.1).
About Eisenhower Elementary School
Eisenhower Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Ottumwa, Iowa, (ZIP code 52501). It enrolled 248 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 24% lower than the average for elementary schools in Iowa, which is about 325.
The Ottumwa Comm School District system has 12 schools and 5,005 students.
White students are the majority at Eisenhower Elementary School, with 72% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 6% Pacific Islander, 6% Black, and 2% Asian. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 18.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. Roughly 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Wapello County is 48%.
allk12 grades Eisenhower Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Eisenhower Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.4%; the prediction is 77.2%.
In the county around the school, Wapello County, the median household income is $64,766, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Wapello County is home to 18 public schools and about 6,892 public school students.
Nearby, Horace Mann Elementary School is about 1.5 miles away. Within five miles of Eisenhower Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Eisenhower Elementary School is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Eisenhower Elementary School enrolled 245; in 2024-25, 248. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.7:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wapello County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ottumwa Comm School District
- Ottumwa High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Evans Junior High SchoolHigh · 684 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Pickwick Early Childhood CenterElementary · 560 students
- Fahrney ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
Other schools in Ottumwa
- Ottumwa High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Evans Junior High SchoolHigh · 684 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Pickwick Early Childhood CenterElementary · 560 students
- Fahrney ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
Other Eisenhower Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 14 states are named Eisenhower Elementary. Eisenhower Elementary School is the 25th largest of the 29.
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolDubuque, IA · 568 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolDavenport, IA · 412 students
- EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 678 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 640 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryLouisville, KY · 592 students
Nearby schools
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.5 mi · 250
- James Elementary School1.8 mi · 249
- Gateway High School2.4 mi · 213
- Ottumwa High School2.9 mi · 910
- Wilson Elementary School3.0 mi · 335
- Evans Junior High School4.0 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About Eisenhower Elementary SchoolHow large is Eisenhower Elementary School?
Eisenhower Elementary School enrolls approximately 248 students in grades KG-05.
Is Eisenhower Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eisenhower Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Eisenhower Elementary School have?
Eisenhower Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Eisenhower Elementary School?
Student demographics at Eisenhower Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Eisenhower Elementary School public or private?
Eisenhower Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ottumwa Comm School District.
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