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Enrollment
840
Elementary
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191545002018
Henry A Wallace Elementary School
6207 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston, IA 50131 · (515) 278-6977 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
108 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 | 196 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Henry A Wallace Elementary School→Summit Middle School→Johnston Middle School→Johnston Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Johnston Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
86.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
84.8%
IA avg 70.9% . -4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.3% | 84.8% |
| 2023-24 | 88.3% | 89.5% |
% 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
85.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 Henry A Wallace Elementary School
Henry A Wallace Elementary School's state test result (85.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry A Wallace Elementary School this school | 840 | 12.9% | 85.5% |
| Sugar Creek Elementary School Waukee | 630 | 18.6% | 79.0% |
| Pleasant View Elementary School Bettendorf | 621 | 8.5% | 89.8% |
| Riverdale Heights Elem School Bettendorf | 628 | 19.9% | 87.7% |
| Waterford Elementary School Urbandale | 464 | 10.1% | N/A |
| Waukee Elementary School Waukee | 706 | 20.5% | 81.7% |
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 Henry A Wallace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #46 of 564 | #4 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #127 of 564 ▼ 81 | #12 of 78 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #49 of 564 ▼ 27 | #6 of 78 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #4 of 705 | #1 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #495 of 561 | #72 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #179 of 561 | #55 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #638 of 666 | #82 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.7% | #11 of 168 | #1 of 16 |
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
840
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 840 | 53.6 | 15.7:1 | 13% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 826 | 50.6 | 16.3:1 | 15% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 876 | 52.4 | 16.7:1 | 14% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 863 | 48 | 18.0:1 | 7% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 15% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 18% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 530 | 24 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry A Wallace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 42% (593 to 840); teachers up 63% (33 to 53.6).
About Henry A Wallace Elementary School
Henry A Wallace Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Iowa, located in Johnston. The school serves 840 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Iowa is roughly 325 students; this school is 158% larger than that.
Johnston Comm School District operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,339 students.
By race and ethnicity, Henry A Wallace Elementary School is 65% White. The rest of enrollment is 10% Asian, 9% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Polk County's population at about 76%. The chance that two students picked at random at Henry A Wallace Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
The school employs the equivalent of 53.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Henry A Wallace Elementary School is 13%. Across public schools in Polk County, the average is 49%.
Henry A Wallace Elementary School scores 85.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 85.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Polk County show that median household income is about $83,576, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Henry A Wallace Elementary School is one of 137 public schools in Polk County, which together enroll about 77,436 students.
The shortest distance from Henry A Wallace Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Johnston Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Henry A Wallace Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place Henry A Wallace Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 863 to 840. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.7:1) than in 2020-21 (18.0:1).
The Henry A Wallace Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnston Comm School District
- Johnston Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,820 students
- Johnston Middle SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,118 students
- Timber Ridge ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Horizon ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Beaver Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
Other schools in Johnston
- Johnston Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,820 students
- Johnston Middle SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,118 students
- Timber Ridge ElementaryElementary · 667 students
- Horizon ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Beaver Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
Nearby schools
- Johnston Middle School0.2 mi · 1,161
- Lawson Elementary School0.4 mi · 545
- Timber Ridge Elementary1.5 mi · 667
- Beaver Creek Elementary School1.9 mi · 575
- Summit Middle School2.5 mi · 1,118
- Urbandale High School2.6 mi · 1,301
Frequently asked questions
About Henry A Wallace Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Henry A Wallace Elementary School?
Henry A Wallace Elementary School enrolls approximately 840 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Henry A Wallace Elementary School serve?
Henry A Wallace Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Henry A Wallace Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Henry A Wallace Elementary School is approximately 15.7:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Henry A Wallace Elementary School?
At Henry A Wallace Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 8% Hispanic, 9% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Henry A Wallace Elementary School?
Henry A Wallace Elementary School is overseen by Johnston Comm School District in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.