Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARNER-HAYFIELD-VENTURA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191233000752
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School
620 W 11th St, Garner, IA 50438 · (641) 923-2831 · Hancock County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
123 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 69 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School→Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle School→Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
82.7%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
91.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 91.3% |
| 2023-24 | 85.3% | 91.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
87.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 76% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 12 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School's state test result (87.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School this school | 381 | 32.3% | 87.6% |
| West Marshall Elementary School State Center | 412 | 33.3% | 76.8% |
| South Hamilton Elem Jewell | 370 | 29.5% | 84.7% |
| Whittier Elementary School Indianola | 369 | 31.2% | 70.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Osage | 405 | 29.4% | 75.5% |
| Central Lyon Elementary School Rock Rapids | 431 | 29.9% | 82.7% |
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 Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.6% | #26 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.3% | #26 of 564 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #104 of 564 ▼ 68 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #247 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #486 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.7% | #480 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #468 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #226 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
381
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 381 | 24.6 | 15.5:1 | 32% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 22.6 | 16.5:1 | 30% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 21.6 | 17.3:1 | 25% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 19 | 19.2:1 | 26% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 28.3 | 14.9:1 | 30% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 28% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 30% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 19% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 23 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (423 to 381); teachers down 13% (28.3 to 24.6).
About Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School serves students in Garner, Iowa, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 4 and reported 381 students in 2024-25.
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Comm School District is made up of 3 schools with 931 students in all.
At Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School, 92% of students are White. It is also 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put Hancock County at about 93% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School scores 16%.
Its staff includes 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1, 1.8 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 123 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 32% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Hancock County is similar, at 33%.
On the allk12 Grade, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School lands at A+, ahead of 97% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 11.8 points. The model expects 75.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Iowa; the school's rate is 87.6%.
In Hancock County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $70,601, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 6 public schools and about 1,560 students.
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle School, its nearest public school. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 87.6% against a local average of 80.5%.
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 381, up from 364 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.2 to 15.5 over 4 years.
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Hancock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,671
Census ACS
Median income
$70,601
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,560 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Comm School District
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High SchoolHigh · 295 students
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle SchoolMiddle · 255 students
Other schools in Garner
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High SchoolHigh · 295 students
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle SchoolMiddle · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle School0.0 mi · 255
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School0.4 mi · 295
- West Hancock Elementary School10.2 mi · 294
- West Hancock High School10.3 mi · 161
- Forest City Elementary School11.9 mi · 448
- Forest City High School11.9 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School?
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School serve?
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School have?
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School?
At Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School public or private?
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Comm School District.
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