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
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Union Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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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.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.2% | 86.3% |
| 2023-24 | 80.8% | 93.9% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like La Porte City Elementary School
La Porte City Elementary School's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Porte City Elementary School this school | 260 | 23.8% | 83.3% |
| Madrid Elementary School Madrid | 259 | 22.8% | 76.8% |
| Blue Grass Elementary School Blue Grass | 277 | 23.1% | 76.7% |
| Tipton Elementary School Tipton | 284 | 23.6% | 65.5% |
| Highland Elementary School Riverside | 242 | 25.2% | 57.0% |
| Monroe Elementary School Monroe | 257 | 25.3% | 50.0% |
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 La Porte City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Black Hawk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #71 of 564 | #3 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #94 of 564 ▼ 86 | #3 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #92 of 564 ▲ 3 | #5 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #457 of 705 | #20 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #261 of 561 | #12 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #498 of 561 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #561 of 666 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #164 of 359 | #8 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
260
-21 (-7%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 260 | 19.5 | 13.3:1 | 24% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 21 | 12.6:1 | 27% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 22.5 | 12.1:1 | 23% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 22 | 12.8:1 | 27% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 21.5 | 14.1:1 | 28% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 28% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 31% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 20% (70) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for La Porte City Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (303 to 260); teachers down 9% (21.5 to 19.5).
About La Porte City Elementary School
La Porte City Elementary School is an elementary school in La Porte City, Iowa, according to federal school records. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 260 students on the rolls.
Union Comm School District oversees La Porte City Elementary School and 3 other schools, with 952 students in total.
A large majority of enrollment at La Porte City Elementary School is White, at 92%. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic. Black Hawk County's residents are about 80% White, 13 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, La Porte City Elementary School scores 14%.
La Porte City Elementary School has 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. At La Porte City Elementary School, 24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 52% average for public schools in Black Hawk County.
La Porte City Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 80% of Iowa public elementary schools.
La Porte City Elementary School is 3.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (83.3% versus 80.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Iowa.
For Black Hawk County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $66,417 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Black Hawk County number 35, with about 18,224 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Union High School, is the closest to La Porte City Elementary School. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, La Porte City Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
La Porte City Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 260, from 281 in 2020-21.
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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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