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What's something Lambert Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST DELAWARE COUNTY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193090001782
Lambert Elementary School
1001 Doctor St, Manchester, IA 52057 · (563) 927-3515 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
213 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 15% smaller than its 4th grade class (93).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 West Delaware County Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
79.9%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.8% | 79.9% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 80.3% |
% 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
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Lambert Elementary School
Lambert Elementary School's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambert Elementary School this school | 449 | 47.4% | 74.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Cedar Falls | 416 | 45.2% | 78.9% |
| Irving Elementary School Dubuque | 409 | 45.2% | 72.2% |
| West Elementary Knoxville | 485 | 46.4% | N/A |
| Eagle Heights Elementary School Clinton | 443 | 47.2% | 73.1% |
| West Elementary School Glenwood | 440 | 46.6% | 80.6% |
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 Lambert Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #249 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #228 of 564 ▼ 25 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #372 of 564 ▼ 83 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #149 of 705 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #304 of 561 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #353 of 561 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #251 of 666 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #221 of 359 | N/A |
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
449
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
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 | 449 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 47% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 35 | 13.3:1 | 49% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 47% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 46% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 39.3 | 12.8:1 | 41% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 42% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 32% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 28% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 31 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lambert Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (501 to 449); teachers down 16% (39.3 to 33).
About Lambert Elementary School
Lambert Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Manchester, Iowa. Its enrollment is 449 students, spread over pre-K through 4. That compares with an average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
Lambert Elementary School is one of the 3 schools that make up West Delaware County Comm School District (1,263 students in total).
A large majority of enrollment at Lambert Elementary School is White, at 84%. The school is also 6% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is higher, at 94%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lambert Elementary School scores 28%.
The school has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.6 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Iowa is similar, at 13.7:1. Of all students at Lambert Elementary School, 47% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 35% average for public schools in Delaware County.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Lambert Elementary School outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Iowa schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lambert Elementary School's results are 6.5 points above predicted: 74.7% against 68.2%.
In the surrounding county, Delaware County, median household income comes to about $74,989, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 10 public schools and about 2,571 students.
Lambert Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is West Delaware Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Lambert Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Lambert Elementary School's average proficiency of 74.7% compares with 82.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment decreased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,558
Census ACS
Median income
$74,989
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,571 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Delaware County Comm School District
- West Delaware High SchoolHigh · 436 students
- West Delaware Middle SchoolMiddle · 378 students
Other schools in Manchester
- West Delaware High SchoolHigh · 436 students
- West Delaware Middle SchoolMiddle · 378 students
Nearby schools
- West Delaware Middle School0.1 mi · 378
- West Delaware High School0.3 mi · 436
- Delhi Elementary School7.7 mi · 166
- Maquoketa Valley Middle School7.7 mi · 145
- Maquoketa Valley Senior High School7.7 mi · 206
- Earlville Elementary School8.9 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About Lambert Elementary SchoolHow large is Lambert Elementary School?
Lambert Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Lambert Elementary School serve?
Lambert Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Lambert Elementary School have?
Lambert Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Lambert Elementary School?
Lambert Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 4% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lambert Elementary School?
Lambert Elementary School is overseen by West Delaware County Comm School District in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.