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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETTENDORF COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190486000144
Grant Wood Elementary School
1423 Hillside Dr, Bettendorf, IA 52722 · (563) 359-8277 · Scott County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
205 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 41%
Community
6
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 | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Based on grade levels within Bettendorf Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
71.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.9% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.1% | 71.6% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Grant Wood Elementary School
Grant Wood Elementary School's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Wood Elementary School this school | 433 | 47.3% | 68.9% |
| McKinley Elementary School Davenport | 421 | 47.7% | 61.0% |
| Prairie Crest Elementary Cedar Rapids | 434 | 43.5% | 69.1% |
| Harrison Elementary School Davenport | 459 | 52.1% | 66.6% |
| Hubbell Elementary Des Moines | 362 | 42.8% | 67.1% |
| Greenwood Elementary School Des Moines | 293 | 46.4% | 66.7% |
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 Grant Wood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #349 of 564 | #17 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #365 of 564 ▼ 3 | #19 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #299 of 564 ▼ 44 | #16 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #176 of 705 | #11 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #342 of 561 | #16 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #110 of 561 | #15 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #252 of 666 | #16 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.9% | #76 of 168 | #6 of 11 |
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
433
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 433 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 47% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 30.8 | 13.9:1 | 49% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 49% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 42% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 25.6 | 15.1:1 | 38% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 45% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 32% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 14% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grant Wood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (387 to 433); teachers up 21% (25.6 to 31).
About Grant Wood Elementary School
Grant Wood Elementary School is an elementary school located in Bettendorf, Iowa, in Scott County. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 433 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Iowa is roughly 325 students; this school is 33% above that.
Grant Wood Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Bettendorf Comm School District, which enrolls 4,257 students in total.
At Grant Wood Elementary School, White students make up 55% of the student body. It is also 21% Black, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Scott County is roughly 79% White. Grant Wood Elementary School's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1 at Grant Wood Elementary School, with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa fairly closely. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 47%. Among public schools in Scott County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
The allk12 Grade for Grant Wood Elementary School is C+. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Grant Wood Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 68.3%. Grant Wood Elementary School scores 68.9%, within a point of that line.
Scott County census figures show that the median household income is $78,277, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 53 public schools in Scott County, enrolling about 26,100 students in all.
The closest public school to Grant Wood Elementary School is Bettendorf Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Grant Wood Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Grant Wood Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Grant Wood Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Grant Wood Elementary School had 442 students in 2020-21 and 433 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.4:1 to 14.0:1.
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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 Bettendorf Comm School District
- Bettendorf High SchoolHigh · 1,433 students
- Bettendorf Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Paul Norton Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
Other schools in Bettendorf
- Pleasant Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Bettendorf High SchoolHigh · 1,433 students
- Bettendorf Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Hopewell ElementaryElementary · 658 students
- Riverdale Heights Elem SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
Other Grant Wood Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Grant Wood Elementary. Grant Wood Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Grant Wood Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 356 students
- Grant Wood Elementary SchoolIowa City, IA · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Bettendorf Middle School0.5 mi · 952
- Herbert Hoover Elementary School0.6 mi · 359
- Mark Twain Elementary School0.9 mi · 409
- Bettendorf High School0.9 mi · 1,433
- Paul Norton Elementary School1.2 mi · 403
- Eisenhower Elementary School1.5 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Grant Wood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Grant Wood Elementary School?
Grant Wood Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Grant Wood Elementary School serve?
Grant Wood Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Grant Wood Elementary School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Grant Wood Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grant Wood Elementary School?
At Grant Wood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 10% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Grant Wood Elementary School public or private?
Grant Wood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bettendorf Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.