Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470000893
Kirkwood Elementary School
1401 9th St, Coralville, IA 52241 · (319) 688-1120 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
188 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 36 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
47.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -9.3pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 51.6% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Kirkwood Elementary School
Kirkwood Elementary School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkwood Elementary School this school | 270 | 69.6% | 47.8% |
| Grant Wood Elementary School Iowa City | 306 | 68.0% | 47.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Davenport | 384 | 71.1% | 24.2% |
| Johnson STEAM Academy School Cedar Rapids | 324 | 70.4% | 40.0% |
| Madison Elementary School Davenport | 318 | 80.5% | 27.8% |
| Cedar River Academy at Taylor Cedar Rapids | 355 | 76.1% | 37.0% |
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 Kirkwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #515 of 564 | #26 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #545 of 564 ▼ 29 | #27 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #523 of 564 ▼ 60 | #27 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #438 of 705 | #19 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #10 of 561 | #2 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #88 of 561 | #9 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #76 of 666 | #3 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #68 of 359 | #11 of 20 |
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
270
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 270 | 27.1 | 10.0:1 | 70% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 26.8 | 10.9:1 | 75% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 28.9 | 9.3:1 | 69% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 27 | 10.5:1 | 59% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 29.7 | 11.9:1 | 70% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 70% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 326 | 28 | 11.6:1 | 61% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 19 | 20.0:1 | 27% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 16 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirkwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (353 to 270); teachers down 9% (29.7 to 27.1).
About Kirkwood Elementary School
Kirkwood Elementary School sits in Coralville, Iowa, and is classified as an elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 270 students enrolled.
Iowa City Comm School District runs 29 schools with a combined 15,111 students. Kirkwood Elementary School is one of them.
At Kirkwood Elementary School, the largest share of students is Black, at 50%. The school is also 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 8% Black share among all Johnson County residents. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Kirkwood Elementary School employs 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Kirkwood Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 70%. Public schools in Johnson County average 37%.
The allk12 Grade for Kirkwood Elementary School is D. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.1%. Kirkwood Elementary School scores 47.8%.
Johnson County census figures show that the median household income is $74,935, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 43 public schools in Johnson County, enrolling about 20,019 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Northwest Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 47.8% is below the 74.2% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Kirkwood Elementary School as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Kirkwood Elementary School declined 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 283 to 270 students.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
Other schools in Coralville
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- East Ridge ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Norman Borlaug Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Wickham ElementaryElementary · 315 students
Other Kirkwood Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Kirkwood Elementary. Kirkwood Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolClarksville, TN · 805 students
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolTOPPENISH, WA · 387 students
- Kirkwood ElementaryCorning, CA · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Middle School0.2 mi · 1,113
- Central Elementary School0.9 mi · 343
- Norman Borlaug Elementary School1.4 mi · 405
- Wickham Elementary1.5 mi · 315
- Lincoln Elementary School2.1 mi · 217
- West Senior High School2.2 mi · 1,514
Frequently asked questions
About Kirkwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Kirkwood Elementary School?
Kirkwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kirkwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kirkwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Kirkwood Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Kirkwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Kirkwood Elementary School?
Kirkwood Elementary School reports a student body of 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 50% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Kirkwood Elementary School in?
Kirkwood Elementary School is part of Iowa City Comm School District.
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