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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192640002211
Loess Hills Elementary
1717 CASSELMAN STREET, SIOUX CITY, IA 51103 · (712) 279-6843 · Woodbury County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- 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
12.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
414 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
65.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
66.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.7% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 66.9% |
% 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% 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 Loess Hills Elementary
Loess Hills Elementary's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loess Hills Elementary this school | 578 | 71.6% | 62.3% |
| Bryant Elementary School Sioux City | 608 | 71.4% | 61.4% |
| Leeds Elementary School Sioux City | 593 | 76.2% | 65.4% |
| Franklin Elementary School Marshalltown | 358 | 73.7% | 69.7% |
| Spalding Park Elementary Sioux City | 683 | 63.7% | 64.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Muscatine | 441 | 68.0% | 55.1% |
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 Loess Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #443 of 564 | #11 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #434 of 564 ▼ 11 | #11 of 16 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #398 of 564 ▲ 7 | #11 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #44 of 705 | #8 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #191 of 561 | #6 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #63 of 561 | #5 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #64 of 666 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #233 of 359 | #6 of 11 |
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
578
-30 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 578 | 45.2 | 12.8:1 | 72% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 40.2 | 14.6:1 | 71% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 41.4 | 14.2:1 | 60% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 72% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 41.9 | 15.2:1 | 35% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 77% (469) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loess Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (638 to 578); teachers up 8% (41.9 to 45.2).
About Loess Hills Elementary
Loess Hills Elementary is a public elementary school run by Sioux City Comm School District in SIOUX CITY, Iowa. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 578 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students.
Sioux City Comm School District is the district for Loess Hills Elementary. It has 21 schools and 14,189 students.
At Loess Hills Elementary, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 48%. The school is also 25% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, and 4% Native American. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Woodbury County residents. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 12.8 students per teacher and 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Woodbury County average 60%.
The allk12 Grade for Loess Hills Elementary is C+. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 44% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Loess Hills Elementary is 6.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
Among Woodbury County residents, the median household income is $73,658, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Loess Hills Elementary is one of 37 public schools in the county.
West High School is located about 0.2 miles from Loess Hills Elementary. The five-mile area around Loess Hills Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Loess Hills Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Enrollment at Loess Hills Elementary declined 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 608 to 578 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.1:1 in 2020-21, and 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux City Comm School District
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other schools in SIOUX CITY
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Nearby schools
- West High School0.2 mi · 1,308
- West Middle School0.4 mi · 826
- Liberty Elementary School0.9 mi · 659
- Hunt Elementary School1.3 mi · 451
- Riverside Elementary School1.7 mi · 227
- LEWIS & CLARK ELEMENTARY SCH2.3 mi · 253
Frequently asked questions
About Loess Hills ElementaryHow large is Loess Hills Elementary?
Loess Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 578 students in grades PK-05.
Is Loess Hills Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Loess Hills Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Loess Hills Elementary have?
Loess Hills Elementary employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Loess Hills Elementary?
Student demographics at Loess Hills Elementary are roughly 25% White, 48% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Loess Hills Elementary?
Loess Hills Elementary is overseen by Sioux City Comm School District in Woodbury County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.