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How has Hunt Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192640001513
Hunt Elementary School
1114 W. 27th St, Sioux City, IA 51103 · (712) 279-6833 · Woodbury County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% 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.
- 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
13.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
419 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 41%
Community
4
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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.4% | 57.3% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Hunt Elementary School
Hunt Elementary School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Elementary School this school | 451 | 92.9% | 52.3% |
| Capitol View Elementary School Des Moines | 533 | 92.3% | 41.6% |
| Carver Elementary Des Moines | 436 | 92.4% | 40.2% |
| Liberty Elementary School Sioux City | 659 | 84.8% | 49.0% |
| Studebaker Elementary School Des Moines | 561 | 86.3% | 42.2% |
| McKinley Elementary School Des Moines | 275 | 86.9% | 46.4% |
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 Hunt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #490 of 564 | #13 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #473 of 564 ▲ 14 | #13 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #475 of 564 ▲ 26 | #14 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #148 of 705 | #10 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #312 of 561 | #10 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #120 of 561 | #10 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #4 of 666 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +46.4% | #8 of 168 | #2 of 7 |
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
451
+180 (+66%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 451 | 32.9 | 13.7:1 | 93% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 30.4 | 13.9:1 | 87% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 27.4 | 14.3:1 | 86% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 22 | 12.3:1 | 87% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 308 | 24.9 | 12.3:1 | 82% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 84% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 90% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 17 | 19.1:1 | 65% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 21 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hunt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 46% (308 to 451); teachers up 32% (24.9 to 32.9).
About Hunt Elementary School
Hunt Elementary School, located in Sioux City, Iowa, is a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 451 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average enrollment is about 325.
Sioux City Comm School District enrolls 14,189 students in 21 schools, including Hunt Elementary School.
More than half of the students at Hunt Elementary School are Hispanic (58%). Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Black, 11% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Native American. In Woodbury County overall, about 19% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hunt Elementary School scores 63%.
Based on 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hunt Elementary School has a ratio of 13.7:1. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 93%. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Woodbury County, the school's rate is higher.
Hunt Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of Iowa public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Hunt Elementary School is 6.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
In Woodbury County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $73,658 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Hunt Elementary School, Woodbury County has 37 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Liberty Elementary School is closest at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hunt Elementary School. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hunt Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Hunt Elementary School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Hunt Elementary School enrolled 271 in 2020-21 and 451 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. The number of students per teacher increased from 12.3 to 13.7 over 4 years.
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Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux City Comm School District
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other schools in Sioux City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other Hunt Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Hunt Elementary. Hunt Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSPRINGDALE, AR · 890 students
- Hunt Elementary SchoolFort Valley, GA · 654 students
- Hunt ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 533 students
- Hunt Elementary SchoolMURPHY, TX · 491 students
- Hunt Elementary SchoolCUERO, TX · 483 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Elementary School0.7 mi · 659
- Perry Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 635
- Bryant Elementary School1.2 mi · 608
- Loess Hills Elementary1.3 mi · 578
- West High School1.4 mi · 1,308
- West Middle School1.6 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About Hunt Elementary SchoolHow large is Hunt Elementary School?
Hunt Elementary School enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hunt Elementary School serve?
Hunt Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hunt Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hunt Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hunt Elementary School?
At Hunt Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 58% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Hunt Elementary School in?
Hunt Elementary School is part of Sioux City Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.