Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COUNCIL BLUFFS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190822000424
Lewis & Clark Elementary School
1603 Grand Ave, Council Bluffs, IA 51503 · (712) 328-6471 · Pottawattamie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
92 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 31 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.9%
IA avg 73.6% . +13.1pp since 2023
Math
84.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.9% | 84.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 77.3% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Lewis & Clark Elementary School
Lewis & Clark Elementary School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School this school | 271 | 33.9% | 68.0% |
| Akron Westfield Elementary School Akron | 258 | 35.3% | 85.8% |
| Guthrie Center Elementary School Guthrie Center | 253 | 31.6% | 79.4% |
| Fairview Elementary School Grinnell | 242 | 34.7% | N/A |
| Bryant Elementary School Dubuque | 299 | 33.4% | 84.6% |
| Lake Mills Elementary School Lake Mills | 303 | 31.0% | 86.4% |
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 Lewis & Clark Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Pottawattamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #363 of 564 | #8 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #140 of 564 ▲ 115 | #4 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.9% | #300 of 564 ▲ 142 | #7 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #437 of 705 | #16 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #505 of 561 | #14 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #348 of 561 | #12 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.9% | #444 of 666 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.8% | #53 of 168 | #2 of 6 |
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
271
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 213
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 271 | 17.1 | 15.9:1 | 34% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 43% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 16.9 | 15.2:1 | 50% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 19 | 15.0:1 | 61% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 13 | 18.0:1 | 44% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 219 | 13 | 16.9:1 | 47% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 16 | 16.8:1 | 41% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 228 | 14 | 16.3:1 | 34% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 213 | 10 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis & Clark Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (234 to 271); teachers up 31% (13 to 17.1).
About Lewis & Clark Elementary School
Lewis & Clark Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school based in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 271 students enrolled.
The Council Bluffs Comm School District system has 15 schools and 8,299 students.
Lewis & Clark Elementary School's enrollment is 84% White. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. For comparison, Pottawattamie County is about 88% White. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 15.9 students per teacher and 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Lewis & Clark Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Lewis & Clark Elementary School is 6.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pottawattamie County, the median household income is $73,602, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lewis & Clark Elementary School is one of 35 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Hoover Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lewis & Clark Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment at Lewis & Clark Elementary School declined 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 285 to 271 students.
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Pottawattamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
93,424
Census ACS
Median income
$73,602
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
15,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Council Bluffs Comm School District
- Abraham Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,146 students
- Gerald W Kirn Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- College View ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
Other schools in Council Bluffs
- Abraham Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,146 students
- Lewis Central Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,020 students
- Gerald W Kirn Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Titan Hill Intermediate SchoolElementary · 901 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other Lewis & Clark Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lewis & Clark Elementary. Lewis & Clark Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Lewis & Clark Elementary SchoolRichland, WA · 471 students
- Lewis & Clark Elementary SchoolSt Helens, OR · 426 students
- LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 401 students
- Lewis & Clark Elementary SchoolAstoria, OR · 352 students
- Lewis & Clark Elementary SchoolGodfrey, IL · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Hoover Elementary School0.9 mi · 401
- Gerald W Kirn Middle School1.0 mi · 913
- Anne E. Nelson Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 119
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.6 mi · 455
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School1.7 mi · 855
- Bloomer Elementary School1.7 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis & Clark Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lewis & Clark Elementary School?
Lewis & Clark Elementary School enrolls approximately 271 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lewis & Clark Elementary School serve?
Lewis & Clark Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lewis & Clark Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lewis & Clark Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lewis & Clark Elementary School?
Lewis & Clark Elementary School reports a student body of 84% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lewis & Clark Elementary School in?
Lewis & Clark Elementary School is part of Council Bluffs Comm School District.
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