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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Kittrell Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERLOO COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193048001728
Kittrell Elementary School
1304 Oregon St, Waterloo, IA 50702 · (319) 433-2910 · Black Hawk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
412 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 75 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
60.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
73.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 73.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 66.4% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Kittrell Elementary School
Kittrell Elementary School's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kittrell Elementary School this school | 576 | 71.5% | 61.5% |
| Lowell Elementary School Waterloo | 538 | 77.9% | 51.0% |
| Lou Henry Elementary School Waterloo | 460 | 65.9% | 62.3% |
| Perkins Elementary School Des Moines | 438 | 62.8% | 63.9% |
| Clive Learning Academy Des Moines | 551 | 59.7% | 70.1% |
| Fred Becker Elementary School Waterloo | 501 | 78.0% | 53.5% |
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 Kittrell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Black Hawk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #448 of 564 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #321 of 564 ▲ 100 | #11 of 21 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #447 of 564 ▲ 12 | #15 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #48 of 705 | #1 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #158 of 561 | #7 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.3% | #6 of 561 | #3 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #65 of 666 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #152 of 359 | #7 of 13 |
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
576
-70 (-11%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 576 | 46.4 | 12.4:1 | 72% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 76% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 47.4 | 12.9:1 | 73% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 49 | 13.2:1 | 70% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 45.9 | 14.8:1 | 37% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 70% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 61% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 45% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 25 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kittrell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (677 to 576); teachers up 1% (45.9 to 46.4).
About Kittrell Elementary School
In Waterloo, Iowa, part of Black Hawk County, Kittrell Elementary School is an elementary school. Its 576 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Iowa is about 325 students.
Kittrell Elementary School is one school in an 18-school district, Waterloo Comm School District, which enrolls 10,484 students.
Kittrell Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 35%. The school is also 27% Black, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 80%. The chance that two students picked at random at Kittrell Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 76%.
Federal staffing data show 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Kittrell Elementary School and a ratio of 12.4:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 72% of students. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Black Hawk County is 52%.
In Iowa, Kittrell Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 61.5% actual against a predicted 56.2%.
Across Black Hawk County, median household income is about $66,417, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Kittrell Elementary School is among the 35 public schools in Black Hawk County.
Nearby, Lowell Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away. Kittrell Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 59.8% on proficiency, and Kittrell Elementary School is above that at 61.5%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
The student count in 2024-25 was 576, 11% below the 646 of 2020-21.
Community posts for Kittrell Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Black Hawk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,049
Census ACS
Median income
$66,417
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
18,224 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waterloo Comm School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
- Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Expo Alternative Learning CenterHigh · 561 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Orange Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other schools in Waterloo
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
- Hoover Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Expo Alternative Learning CenterHigh · 561 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Orange Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other Kittrell Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Kittrell Elementary. Kittrell Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Kittrell ElementaryReadyville, TN · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Lowell Elementary School0.9 mi · 538
- West High School0.9 mi · 1,696
- Irving Elementary School1.3 mi · 353
- Hoover Middle School1.6 mi · 848
- Kingsley Elementary School1.6 mi · 337
- Lou Henry Elementary School1.6 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Kittrell Elementary SchoolHow large is Kittrell Elementary School?
Kittrell Elementary School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kittrell Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kittrell Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Kittrell Elementary School have?
Kittrell Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Kittrell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kittrell Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 17% Hispanic, 27% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Kittrell Elementary School?
Kittrell Elementary School is overseen by Waterloo Comm School District in Black Hawk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.