Fremont-Mills Elementary School
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Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Fremont-Mills Elementary School
As a compact primary school in Tabor, Iowa, Fremont-Mills Elementary School works with 262 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Fremont-Mills Comm School District.
Across the 2 schools in Fremont-Mills Comm School District (475 students total), Fremont-Mills Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Fremont-Mills Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Fremont County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fremont-Mills Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Fremont County's rate of about 46%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Fremont-Mills Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.2%; this one delivers 66.7%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Fremont County put median household income runs about $71,621, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fremont County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,104 students), Fremont-Mills Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Fremont-Mills Middle And Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Fremont-Mills Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Fremont-Mills Elementary School's enrollment has fell 18% since 2018, when it stood at 319 (now 262). Over the same period, the White share fell from 95% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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