Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 240 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190002200956
La Porte City Elementary School
515 Fillmore, La Porte City, IA 50651 · (319) 342-3033 · Black Hawk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
62 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
86.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
260
-43 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.1:1
% White
92%
was 96%
% Hispanic
5%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About La Porte City Elementary School
La Porte City Elementary School, a small elementary campus in La Porte City, Iowa, operated by Union Comm School District, serves 260 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 4 schools in Union Comm School District (952 students total), La Porte City Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, La Porte City Elementary School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.
Looking at school resources, La Porte City Elementary School lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Black Hawk County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, La Porte City Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 80.0%; this one delivers 83.3%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Black Hawk County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,417, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Black Hawk County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,224 students), La Porte City Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Union High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. On composite proficiency, La Porte City Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 69.8%.
La Porte City Elementary School operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. La Porte City Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 260). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 1% to 5%.
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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 Union Comm School District
- Union High SchoolHigh · 279 students
- Dysart-Geneseo Elementary SchoolElementary · 219 students
- Union Middle SchoolMiddle · 194 students
Nearby schools
- Union High School0.6 mi · 279
- Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School11.4 mi · 219
- Union Middle School11.6 mi · 194
- Poyner Elementary11.9 mi · 362
- Orange Elementary School12.0 mi · 518
- Bunger Middle School12.1 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About La Porte City Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at La Porte City Elementary School?
La Porte City Elementary School enrolls approximately 260 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does La Porte City Elementary School serve?
La Porte City Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does La Porte City Elementary School have?
La Porte City Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
How diverse is La Porte City Elementary School?
La Porte City Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees La Porte City Elementary School?
La Porte City Elementary School is overseen by Union Comm School District in Black Hawk County.
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