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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 127 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JESUP COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191533000923
Jesup Elementary School
531 Prospect, Jesup, IA 50648 · (319) 827-1700 · Buchanan County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- 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
16.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
106 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 96 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 26% larger than its 4th grade class (58).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
Based on grade levels within Jesup Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
86.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +13.6pp since 2023
Math
88.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.3% | 88.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 80.2% |
% 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
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Jesup Elementary School
Jesup Elementary School's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesup Elementary School this school | 412 | 25.7% | 81.9% |
| Northeast Elementary School Goose Lake | 394 | 27.4% | 79.9% |
| Interstate 35 Elementary School Truro | 458 | 22.9% | 79.3% |
| Ballard East Elementary Cambridge | 417 | 23.5% | 76.9% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Osage | 405 | 29.4% | 75.5% |
| St Ansgar Elementary School St Ansgar | 345 | 24.3% | 88.7% |
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 Jesup Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Buchanan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #98 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #50 of 564 ▲ 151 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #48 of 564 ▲ 196 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #204 of 705 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #511 of 561 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.0% | #550 of 561 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.7% | #545 of 666 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #352 of 359 | 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
412
0 (0%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 412 | 25.7 | 16.0:1 | 26% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 24.5 | 17.6:1 | 28% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 27.4 | 16.0:1 | 27% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 23% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 24.7 | 16.8:1 | 22% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 25% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 314 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 21% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 23% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 23 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jesup Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (414 to 412); teachers up 4% (24.7 to 25.7).
About Jesup Elementary School
This page covers Jesup Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Jesup, Iowa. It enrolled 412 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students each.
Jesup Comm School District includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 1,024 students.
The student body at Jesup Elementary School is 96% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% Black. That is close to the 96% White share among all Buchanan County residents. Jesup Elementary School's diversity index is 8%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Jesup Elementary School, 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Iowa have 13.7:1, compared with 16.0:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 26% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Buchanan County average 29%.
allk12 grades Jesup Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Jesup Elementary School is 2.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (81.9% versus 79.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Iowa.
County data help place the school in context: in Buchanan County, the median household income is $78,236, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Buchanan County has 18 public schools and roughly 3,231 students.
The nearest public school is Jesup Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The school's 81.9% average proficiency ranks 1st among 6 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 412 students in 2020-21 and 412 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Jesup Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Buchanan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,694
Census ACS
Median income
$78,236
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
3,231 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jesup Comm School District
- Jesup High SchoolHigh · 269 students
- Jesup Middle SchoolMiddle · 249 students
- Triumph Elementary SchoolElementary · 42 students
- Perry #1 Elementary SchoolElementary · 29 students
- Prairie Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 23 students
Other schools in Jesup
- Jesup High SchoolHigh · 269 students
- Jesup Middle SchoolMiddle · 249 students
Other Jesup Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Jesup Elementary. Jesup Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Jesup Elementary SchoolJesup, GA · 706 students
Nearby schools
- Jesup Middle School0.0 mi · 249
- Jesup High School0.0 mi · 269
- Perry #1 Elementary School5.8 mi · 29
- Triumph Elementary School7.1 mi · 42
- Prairie Grove Elementary School7.4 mi · 23
- Independence Junior Senior High School7.6 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About Jesup Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jesup Elementary School?
Jesup Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Jesup Elementary School serve?
Jesup Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Jesup Elementary School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Jesup Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jesup Elementary School?
At Jesup Elementary School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Jesup Elementary School public or private?
Jesup Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jesup Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.