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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Ernest Horn Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470000885
Ernest Horn Elementary School
600 Koser Ave, Iowa City, IA 52246 · (319) 688-1115 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
265 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 47 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
68.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.3% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.9% | 63.9% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Ernest Horn Elementary School
Ernest Horn Elementary School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Horn Elementary School this school | 453 | 58.5% | 64.8% |
| Weber Elementary Iowa City | 456 | 55.5% | 61.6% |
| Lou Henry Elementary School Waterloo | 460 | 65.9% | 62.3% |
| Norman Borlaug Elementary School Coralville | 405 | 43.7% | 69.7% |
| Walnut Street School Des Moines | 257 | 62.3% | 58.7% |
| Central Elementary School Coralville | 343 | 48.1% | 62.8% |
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 Ernest Horn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #412 of 564 | #19 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #380 of 564 ▲ 63 | #15 of 28 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #354 of 564 ▲ 31 | #16 of 28 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #145 of 705 | #5 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #306 of 561 | #16 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #70 of 561 | #6 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #140 of 666 | #6 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #85 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
453
+38 (+9%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 365
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 453 | 33.2 | 13.6:1 | 58% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 36.3 | 11.8:1 | 60% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 35.7 | 12.4:1 | 58% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 37 | 11.2:1 | 45% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 32.4 | 12.7:1 | 42% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 41% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 20 | 18.1:1 | 22% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 15 | 19.7:1 | 5% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 365 | 15 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ernest Horn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (412 to 453); teachers up 2% (32.4 to 33.2).
About Ernest Horn Elementary School
Ernest Horn Elementary School is a public elementary school in Iowa City, Iowa. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 453 students. That compares with an average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
Iowa City Comm School District, which runs Ernest Horn Elementary School, has 29 schools and 15,111 students.
At Ernest Horn Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 43%. Smaller groups are 34% White, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. County-wide, 8% of Johnson County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
There are 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Iowa is similar, at 13.7:1. On the income side, 58% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Johnson County is 37%.
Ernest Horn Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Iowa public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Ernest Horn Elementary School is 2.1 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.8% actual, 62.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
Johnson County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,935, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Johnson County's 43 public schools enroll about 20,019 students and include Ernest Horn Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, West Senior High School is about 1.0 miles from Ernest Horn Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Ernest Horn Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Ernest Horn Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment increased 9% over 4 years, reaching 453 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.2:1 to 13.6:1.
This page is set up for the Ernest Horn Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
Other schools in Iowa City
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Weber ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Alexander ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- West Senior High School1.0 mi · 1,514
- Lincoln Elementary School1.2 mi · 217
- Weber Elementary1.8 mi · 456
- Central Elementary School1.8 mi · 343
- Horace Mann Elementary School2.2 mi · 207
- Longfellow Elementary School2.3 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Ernest Horn Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ernest Horn Elementary School?
Ernest Horn Elementary School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ernest Horn Elementary School serve?
Ernest Horn Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ernest Horn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ernest Horn Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ernest Horn Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ernest Horn Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 6% Hispanic, 43% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Ernest Horn Elementary School public or private?
Ernest Horn Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iowa City Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.