John Glenn Elementary School

John Glenn Elementary School is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Donahue, Iowa, one of the schools within North Scott Comm School District, enrolling 179 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 45% leaner than typical.

North Scott Comm School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,335 students; John Glenn Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, John Glenn Elementary School lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, On paper, John Glenn Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Scott County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John Glenn Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.5%, the actual is 85.4%, a residual of +6.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Scott County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,277 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Scott County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), John Glenn Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Alan Shepard Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John Glenn Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 70.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Glenn Elementary School has shrank 28%, going from 250 students in 2018 to 179 in 2025.

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