Enrollment
207
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470000891
Horace Mann Elementary School
521 N Dodge St, Iowa City, IA 52245 · (319) 688-1145 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL207 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
70 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 15 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
76.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
69.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.4% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 67.2% |
% 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
71.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Horace Mann Elementary School
Horace Mann Elementary School's state test result (71.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Elementary School this school | 207 | 33.8% | 71.9% |
| North Bend Elementary North Liberty | 326 | 30.4% | 77.6% |
| Corse Early Childhood Center Burlington | 177 | 27.7% | N/A |
| Horace Mann Elementary School Ottumwa | 250 | 33.6% | 64.6% |
| Tiffin Elementary Tiffin | 191 | 37.2% | 71.0% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Tiffin | 173 | 30.6% | 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 Horace Mann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #298 of 564 | #12 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #388 of 564 ▲ 28 | #16 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #222 of 564 ▲ 43 | #11 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 207 | #552 of 705 | #23 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #61 of 561 | #7 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #158 of 561 | #17 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #446 of 666 | #16 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #176 of 359 | #15 of 20 |
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
207
-30 (-13%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 307
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 207 | 18.1 | 11.4:1 | 34% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 16.8 | 13.7:1 | 36% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 17 | 12.6:1 | 35% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 17 | 13.9:1 | 30% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 239 | 19.6 | 12.2:1 | 50% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 233 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 46% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 271 | 19 | 14.3:1 | 50% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 29% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 307 | 16 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (239 to 207); teachers down 7% (19.6 to 18.1).
About Horace Mann Elementary School
Horace Mann Elementary School is a small elementary school found in Iowa City, Iowa. There are 207 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average enrollment is about 325.
Horace Mann Elementary School is in Iowa City Comm School District, a district with 15,111 students across 29 schools.
Of every 100 students at Horace Mann Elementary School, about 59 are White. The school is also 24% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 76%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Horace Mann Elementary School scores 58%.
Horace Mann Elementary School has 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.4:1. Elementary schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 13.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 34%. Public schools in Johnson County average a similar 37%.
Horace Mann Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.0% for Horace Mann Elementary School. The school posts 71.9%, 3.1 points below the prediction.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Johnson County show that the median household earns about $74,935 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Johnson County, 43 public schools serve about 20,019 students.
About 0.9 miles separate Horace Mann Elementary School from the closest public school, Bohumil Shimek Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Horace Mann Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 71.9% against a local average of 69.0%.
NCES describes the area around Horace Mann Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 13% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.9:1 to 11.4:1.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
Other schools in Iowa City
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Weber ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Ernest Horn Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
Other Horace Mann Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 12 states are named Horace Mann Elementary. Horace Mann Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 24.
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolOttumwa, IA · 250 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 978 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 870 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryGlendale, CA · 672 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBeverly Hills, CA · 578 students
Nearby schools
- Bohumil Shimek Elementary School0.9 mi · 181
- Longfellow Elementary School1.0 mi · 325
- ICCSD Online Learning Program1.2 mi · 173
- Iowa City High School1.2 mi · 1,666
- Lincoln Elementary School1.4 mi · 217
- Mark Twain Elementary1.7 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Horace Mann Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Horace Mann Elementary School?
Horace Mann Elementary School enrolls approximately 207 students in grades PK-05.
Is Horace Mann Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Horace Mann Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Horace Mann Elementary School have?
Horace Mann Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Horace Mann Elementary School?
At Horace Mann Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 9% Hispanic, 24% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Horace Mann Elementary School public or private?
Horace Mann Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iowa City Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.