Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 256 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JANESVILLE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191518000913
Janesville Elementary School
505 Barrick Rd, Janesville, IA 50647 · (319) 987-2581 · Bremer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- C-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
13.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
40 students
DISTRICT 13% · 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 | 73 | 27% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Janesville Elementary School→Janesville Junior-Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Janesville Consolidated School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -10.5pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.8% | 85.7% |
% 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
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Janesville Elementary School
Janesville Elementary School's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janesville Elementary School this school | 269 | 14.9% | 80.6% |
| Woodward-Granger Early Learning Center Granger | 253 | 14.6% | N/A |
| Hinton Elementary School Hinton | 299 | 12.4% | 86.2% |
| Dike Elementary School Dike | 306 | 19.9% | 88.4% |
| Treynor Elementary School Treynor | 366 | 15.0% | 88.9% |
| Earlham Elementary School Earlham | 328 | 20.1% | 82.4% |
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 Janesville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Bremer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #125 of 564 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #303 of 564 ▼ 203 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #176 of 564 ▼ 157 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #440 of 705 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #232 of 561 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.0% | #517 of 561 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #628 of 666 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.0% | #70 of 168 | N/A |
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
269
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 210
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 269 | 20.6 | 13.1:1 | 15% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 18.5 | 14.6:1 | 19% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 16.6 | 16.1:1 | 17% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 16 | 16.3:1 | 18% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 17.5 | 13.6:1 | 12% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 13 | 16.2:1 | 18% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 10 | 19.1:1 | 21% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 169 | 9 | 18.8:1 | 25% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 210 | 16 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Janesville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (238 to 269); teachers up 18% (17.5 to 20.6).
About Janesville Elementary School
Janesville Elementary School is one of the public schools in Janesville, Iowa. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 269 students are in pre-K through 5.
Janesville Consolidated School District has 2 schools and 512 students, and Janesville Elementary School is one of those schools.
Janesville Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 94% White. The school is also 4% multiracial. For comparison, Bremer County is about 93% White. By the diversity index, Janesville Elementary School comes in at 12%.
Dividing enrollment by its 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.1:1. Elementary schools in Iowa average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. Janesville Elementary School reports 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Janesville Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Janesville Elementary School would be expected to post about 84.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 80.6%.
Bremer County has these Census figures: median household income is about $86,784, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Janesville Elementary School is among the 20 public schools in Bremer County.
The school nearest to Janesville Elementary School is Janesville Junior-Senior High School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Janesville Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Janesville Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 3%, from 260 to 269. The school's ratio fell from 16.3:1 to 13.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Janesville Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Bremer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,204
Census ACS
Median income
$86,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Janesville Consolidated School District
- Janesville Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 243 students
Other schools in Janesville
- Janesville Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 243 students
Other Janesville Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Janesville Elementary. Janesville Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Janesville ElementaryJanesville, CA · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Janesville Junior-Senior High School0.0 mi · 243
- Southeast Elementary School4.7 mi · 31
- Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School5.1 mi · 737
- Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School5.2 mi · 681
- Greenview Alternative School5.4 mi · 45
- West Cedar Elementary School5.6 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About Janesville Elementary SchoolHow large is Janesville Elementary School?
Janesville Elementary School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-05.
Is Janesville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Janesville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Janesville Elementary School have?
Janesville Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Janesville Elementary School?
Student demographics at Janesville Elementary School are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Janesville Elementary School public or private?
Janesville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Janesville Consolidated School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.