J C Hoglan Elementary School
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Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 68 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Iowa's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About J C Hoglan Elementary School
J C Hoglan Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Marshalltown, Iowa, part of Marshalltown Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 337 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.
Across the 10 schools in Marshalltown Comm School District (5,099 students total), J C Hoglan Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, J C Hoglan Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% White, 14% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, J C Hoglan Elementary School lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Marshall County's rate of about 65%.
With demographic context factored in, J C Hoglan Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 54.0%; J C Hoglan Elementary School posts 69.3%, +15.4 points above that line.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Marshall County put median household earnings sit near $73,315, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Marshall County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,903 students), J C Hoglan Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Marshalltown High School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, J C Hoglan Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.6%.
The school occupies a town-center site.
Five-year trend. J C Hoglan Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 368 (now 337). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Marshall County at a glance
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