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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUBUQUE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190948000610
Irving Elementary School
2520 Pennsylvania Ave, Dubuque, IA 52001 · (563) 552-3800 · Dubuque County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
185 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 23 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
72.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
73.1%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.7pp 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 73 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 73.1% |
| 2023-24 | 68.5% | 74.8% |
% 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
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Irving Elementary School
Irving Elementary School's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Elementary School this school | 409 | 45.2% | 72.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Cedar Falls | 416 | 45.2% | 78.9% |
| Eagle Heights Elementary School Clinton | 443 | 47.2% | 73.1% |
| Harding Elementary School Mason City | 387 | 45.2% | 66.8% |
| Lambert Elementary School Manchester | 449 | 47.4% | 74.7% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Newton | 380 | 45.0% | 75.0% |
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 Irving Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Dubuque County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #295 of 564 | #9 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #332 of 564 ▼ 23 | #9 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #296 of 564 ▲ 20 | #7 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #208 of 705 | #6 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #290 of 561 | #10 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #277 of 561 | #6 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #279 of 666 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #101 of 359 | #1 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
409
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 409 | 30.2 | 13.5:1 | 45% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 43% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 33.8 | 12.4:1 | 43% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 44% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 33.5 | 15.1:1 | 41% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 33% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 39% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 22% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 25 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irving Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (507 to 409); teachers down 10% (33.5 to 30.2).
About Irving Elementary School
Irving Elementary School is an elementary school in Dubuque, Iowa, reachable at (563) 552-3800. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 409 students. Against the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa, enrollment here is 26% higher.
Dubuque Comm School District is the district for Irving Elementary School. It has 19 schools and 9,843 students.
White students account for 77% of enrollment at Irving Elementary School. Smaller groups are 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 2% Pacific Islander. For comparison, the population of Dubuque County is roughly 89% White. Irving Elementary School has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 30.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Iowa average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 45% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Irving Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Irving Elementary School is 69.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 72.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Dubuque County show that median household income is about $77,630, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 26 public schools operate in Dubuque County, serving about 13,164 students.
Dubuque Senior High School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. Irving Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 72.2% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
Irving Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 409 was 4% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 427.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Irving Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Dubuque County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,030
Census ACS
Median income
$77,630
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dubuque Comm School District
- Hempstead High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Dubuque Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
Other schools in Dubuque
- Hempstead High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Dubuque Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
Other Irving Elementary schools
18 other US public schools in 11 states are named Irving Elementary. Irving Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 19.
- Irving Elementary SchoolSioux City, IA · 605 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolIndianola, IA · 395 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolWaterloo, IA · 353 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolOak Park, IL · 509 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 488 students
Nearby schools
- Dubuque Senior High School0.6 mi · 1,490
- Dubuque Online School0.8 mi · 249
- George Washington Middle School0.9 mi · 584
- Hoover Elementary School0.9 mi · 292
- Lincoln Elementary School1.1 mi · 257
- John Kennedy Elementary School1.2 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Irving Elementary SchoolHow large is Irving Elementary School?
Irving Elementary School enrolls approximately 409 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Irving Elementary School serve?
Irving Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Irving Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Irving Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Irving Elementary School?
At Irving Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Irving Elementary School?
Irving Elementary School is overseen by Dubuque Comm School District in Dubuque County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.