Enrollment
262
Elementary
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREMONT-MILLS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191212000747
Fremont-Mills Elementary School
1114 US Hwy 275, Tabor, IA 51653 · (712) 629-6555 · Fremont County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- 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
13.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
93 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 | 49 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Fremont-Mills Elementary School→Fremont-Mills Middle And Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Fremont-Mills Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
65.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 65.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 70.8% |
% 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 Fremont-Mills Elementary School
Fremont-Mills Elementary School's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont-Mills Elementary School this school | 262 | 35.5% | 66.7% |
| Moville Elementary School Moville | 283 | 36.0% | 82.1% |
| Woodbine Elementary School Woodbine | 261 | 37.5% | 85.5% |
| West Union Elementary School West Union | 228 | 36.0% | 82.2% |
| Akron Westfield Elementary School Akron | 258 | 35.3% | 85.8% |
| AHSTW Primary School Avoca | 280 | 36.8% | 79.0% |
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 Fremont-Mills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #384 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #441 of 564 ▼ 67 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #418 of 564 ▼ 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #451 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #238 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.0% | #461 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #428 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #114 of 359 |
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
262
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 262 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 35% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 17.9 | 14.9:1 | 42% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 16.2 | 16.1:1 | 40% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 18 | 14.4:1 | 34% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 19.1 | 16.8:1 | 29% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 31% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 229 | 13 | 17.6:1 | 39% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 241 | 16 | 15.1:1 | 29% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 13 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fremont-Mills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (319 to 262); teachers up 5% (19.1 to 20).
About Fremont-Mills Elementary School
Fremont-Mills Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Tabor, Iowa. It educates 262 students in pre-K through 6.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in Fremont-Mills Comm School District totals 475 students.
White students make up 91% of enrollment at Fremont-Mills Elementary School. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Fremont County is about 92% White. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 13.1 students per teacher and 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Fremont County averages 46%, higher than here.
Fremont-Mills Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fremont-Mills Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Iowa schools: 66.7% actual against 74.2% predicted.
Fremont-Mills Elementary School is located in Fremont County, where the median household income is $71,621, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Fremont-Mills Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in the county.
Fremont-Mills Middle And Senior High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, 6 other public schools sit within ten miles of Fremont-Mills Elementary School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Fremont-Mills Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Fremont-Mills Elementary School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Fremont-Mills Elementary School was 260 in 2020-21 and 262 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.4 to 13.1 over 4 years.
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Fremont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,514
Census ACS
Median income
$71,621
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fremont-Mills Comm School District
- Fremont-Mills Middle And Senior High SchoolHigh · 213 students
Nearby schools
- Fremont-Mills Middle And Senior High School0.0 mi · 213
- Sidney Elementary School9.3 mi · 241
- Sidney High School9.9 mi · 196
- Sidney Virtual SAC School9.9 mi · 1
- East Mills Jr/Sr High School10.0 mi · 234
- East Mills Elementary School10.0 mi · 214
Frequently asked questions
About Fremont-Mills Elementary SchoolHow large is Fremont-Mills Elementary School?
Fremont-Mills Elementary School enrolls approximately 262 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Fremont-Mills Elementary School serve?
Fremont-Mills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Fremont-Mills Elementary School have?
Fremont-Mills Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Fremont-Mills Elementary School?
Fremont-Mills Elementary School reports a student body of 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Fremont-Mills Elementary School in?
Fremont-Mills Elementary School is part of Fremont-Mills Comm School District.
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