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Enrollment
658
Elementary
DISTRICT 504 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192311002164
Hopewell Elementary
3900 Hopewell Ave, Bettendorf, IA 52722 · (563) 332-0250 · Scott County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- A-Beats 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
16.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
26 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 | 42 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (94).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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 Pleasant Valley Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
95.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
97.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 97 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 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.9% | 97.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.6% | 98.7% |
% 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
96.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
90.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 96% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 90% 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 Hopewell Elementary
Hopewell Elementary's state test result (96.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell Elementary this school | 658 | 4.0% | 96.2% |
| Wickham Elementary Coralville | 315 | 19.7% | 92.1% |
| Woodland Hills Elementary School West Des Moines | 578 | 21.6% | 83.3% |
| Pleasant View Elementary School Bettendorf | 621 | 8.5% | 89.8% |
| Echo Hill Elementary Marion | 536 | 7.3% | 91.5% |
| Westfield Elementary School Robins | 445 | 19.1% | 85.6% |
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 Hopewell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 96.2% | #1 of 564 | #1 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 97.0% | #3 of 564 ▼ 2 | #1 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.9% | #2 of 564 ▼ 1 | #2 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #19 of 705 | #1 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #509 of 561 | #28 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #177 of 561 | #18 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.0% | #664 of 666 | #33 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #158 of 168 | #11 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
658
-38 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 658 | 41.2 | 16.0:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 41.2 | 16.7:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 43.4 | 16.1:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 696 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 3% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 35.5 | 18.3:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 3% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopewell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (650 to 658); teachers up 16% (35.5 to 41.2).
About Hopewell Elementary
Hopewell Elementary is a large elementary school that serves part of Bettendorf, Iowa. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 658 students. It has 102% more students than the average for elementary schools in Iowa (about 325).
Across its 8 schools, Pleasant Valley Comm School District enrolls 5,696 students. Hopewell Elementary is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Hopewell Elementary is 63%, a majority. Smaller groups are 21% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Scott County is roughly 79% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Hopewell Elementary lists 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 4% of the student body. Among public schools in Scott County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
Hopewell Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 96% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hopewell Elementary would score about 90.0%. It scores 96.2%, 6.3 points above that figure.
In Scott County, home to about 174,608 people, the median household earns about $78,277 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Hopewell Elementary shares Scott County with 52 other public schools.
A public school about 1.6 miles away, Forest Grove Elementary, is the closest to Hopewell Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 82.4% proficiency; Hopewell Elementary posts 96.2%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 5%.
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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 Pleasant Valley Comm School District
- Pleasant Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Pleasant Valley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 940 students
- Riverdale Heights Elem SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Cody Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Bridgeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
Other schools in Bettendorf
- Pleasant Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Bettendorf High SchoolHigh · 1,433 students
- Bettendorf Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Riverdale Heights Elem SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Grant Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
Other Hopewell Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Hopewell Elementary. Hopewell Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 10.
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolTrinity, NC · 679 students
- Hopewell ElementaryDublin, OH · 536 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolOxford, PA · 489 students
- HOPEWELL ELEMENTARYKANSAS CITY, MO · 483 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolCleveland, TN · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Grove Elementary1.6 mi · 332
- Paul Norton Elementary School1.8 mi · 403
- Bettendorf High School2.0 mi · 1,433
- Pleasant Valley High School2.2 mi · 1,731
- Pleasant View Elementary School2.2 mi · 621
- Herbert Hoover Elementary School2.3 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Hopewell ElementaryHow large is Hopewell Elementary?
Hopewell Elementary enrolls approximately 658 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Hopewell Elementary serve?
Hopewell Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Hopewell Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Hopewell Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hopewell Elementary?
At Hopewell Elementary, the student body is approximately 63% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Hopewell Elementary public or private?
Hopewell Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasant Valley Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.