Enrollment
59
Elementary
STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GILMORE CITY-BRADGATE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191260000762
Gilmore City Elementary School
402 SE E Ave, Gilmore City, IA 50541 · (515) 373-6124 · Humboldt County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL59 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
8.4:1
7 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
35 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 14 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 7 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 6 | 10% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -20.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 58.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Gilmore City Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmore City Elementary School this school | 59 | 59.3% | 49.6% |
| Clay Central-Everly Elementary Royal | 53 | 64.2% | N/A |
| Paton-Churdan Elementary Churdan | 86 | 55.8% | 75.2% |
| Bennett Elementary School Bennett | 76 | 53.9% | 60.6% |
| Anthon Elementary Anthon | 64 | 51.6% | N/A |
| Orient Elementary School Orient | 58 | 51.7% | N/A |
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 Gilmore City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 59 | #685 of 705 |
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
59
-35 (-37%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 136
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 7.8:1
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 | 59 | 7 | 8.4:1 | 59% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 71 | 10 | 7.1:1 | 62% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 87 | 10.9 | 8.0:1 | 68% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 94 | 12 | 7.8:1 | 66% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 69 | 8.7 | 7.9:1 | 70% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 43 | 7 | 6.1:1 | 53% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 72 | 6 | 12.0:1 | 64% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 72 | 6 | 12.0:1 | 32% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 136 | 8 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gilmore City Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (69 to 59); teachers down 20% (8.7 to 7).
About Gilmore City Elementary School
Gilmore City Elementary School is a very small elementary school with its address in Gilmore City, Iowa. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 59 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Iowa enroll about 325 students on average.
Gilmore City Elementary School is listed under Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District in federal data.
By race and ethnicity, Gilmore City Elementary School is 90% White. The remaining shares are 8% multiracial. In Humboldt County overall, the White share is about 91%. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Gilmore City Elementary School are from different groups.
With 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. Roughly 59% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Humboldt County is 32%.
Gilmore City Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Gilmore City Elementary School scores 12.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 49.6% actual versus 62.3% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Humboldt County show that median household income comes to about $71,946, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Humboldt County counts 6 public schools with about 1,530 students.
Gilmore City Elementary School is about 10.6 miles from Humboldt High School, its nearest public school. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Gilmore City Elementary School at 6th of 6.
NCES describes the area around Gilmore City Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 37% across 4 years, from 94 in 2020-21 to 59 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Gilmore City Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Humboldt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,591
Census ACS
Median income
$71,946
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,530 students
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- Humboldt High School10.6 mi · 464
- Humboldt Middle School10.7 mi · 454
- Taft Elementary School11.3 mi · 369
- Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center11.8 mi · 27
- Pocahontas Area Elementary School11.9 mi · 265
- Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School11.9 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Gilmore City Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gilmore City Elementary School?
Gilmore City Elementary School enrolls approximately 59 students in grades KG-05.
Is Gilmore City Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gilmore City Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Gilmore City Elementary School?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at Gilmore City Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Gilmore City Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gilmore City Elementary School are roughly 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
Is Gilmore City Elementary School public or private?
Gilmore City Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gilmore City-Bradgate Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.