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What tradition at Fillmore Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVENPORT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190858000463
Fillmore Elementary School
7307 N Pacific, Davenport, IA 52806 · (563) 723-6400 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
247 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
55.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
54.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.3% | 54.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 54.1% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Fillmore Elementary School
Fillmore Elementary School's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fillmore Elementary School this school | 388 | 63.7% | 51.8% |
| Adams Elementary School Davenport | 498 | 57.2% | 48.8% |
| Garfield Elementary School Davenport | 393 | 59.0% | 47.9% |
| Kenwood Leadership Academy School Cedar Rapids | 386 | 60.4% | 59.0% |
| Truman Elementary School Davenport | 434 | 58.3% | 53.1% |
| Grant Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 312 | 68.3% | 44.7% |
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 Fillmore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #495 of 564 | #25 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #498 of 564 ▲ 6 | #24 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #478 of 564 ▲ 32 | #24 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #235 of 705 | #17 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #85 of 561 | #3 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #30 of 561 | #4 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #105 of 666 | #4 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #312 of 359 | #15 of 16 |
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
388
-87 (-18%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 388 | 33.2 | 11.7:1 | 64% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 33.8 | 12.5:1 | 64% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 30.9 | 13.0:1 | 62% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 69% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 32.4 | 12.4:1 | 74% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 76% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 73% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 57% (233) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 31 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fillmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (403 to 388); teachers up 3% (32.4 to 33.2).
About Fillmore Elementary School
Families in Davenport, Iowa, are served by Fillmore Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It serves 388 students in kindergarten through 5.
Fillmore Elementary School is one school in a 27-school district, Davenport Comm School District, which enrolls 12,812 students.
Fillmore Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 37%. Smaller groups are 33% Black, 14% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 79% of Scott County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.7:1. That is lower than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Eligible students account for 64% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Scott County, the average is 38%.
The allk12 Grade for Fillmore Elementary School is D. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Fillmore Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.8% and a predicted 60.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Scott County show that the median household income is $78,277, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fillmore Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Wood Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Fillmore Elementary School is ahead of the 51.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Fillmore Elementary School declined 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 475 to 388 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.2:1 to 11.7:1 over the same years.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davenport Comm School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Sudlow Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
Other schools in Davenport
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Sudlow Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
Other Fillmore Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Fillmore Elementary. Fillmore Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Fillmore Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 617 students
- Fillmore ElementaryStockton, CA · 577 students
- Fillmore Elementary SchoolFillmore, IN · 148 students
Nearby schools
- Wood Middle School1.0 mi · 629
- Truman Elementary School1.3 mi · 434
- Harrison Elementary School1.6 mi · 459
- North High School1.8 mi · 1,190
- Mid City High2.6 mi · 306
- Williams Middle School3.0 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Fillmore Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fillmore Elementary School?
Fillmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fillmore Elementary School serve?
Fillmore Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Fillmore Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Fillmore Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fillmore Elementary School?
At Fillmore Elementary School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 14% Hispanic, 33% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Fillmore Elementary School in?
Fillmore Elementary School is part of Davenport Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.