Enrollment
196
Elementary
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONE TREE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191755001018
Lone Tree Elementary School
303 S Devoe St, Lone Tree, IA 52755 · (319) 629-4213 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A-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
11.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
65 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 29 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Lone Tree Elementary School→Lone Tree Middle-Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Lone Tree Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
84.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
93.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.7% | 93.1% |
| 2023-24 | 79.8% | 85.1% |
% 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
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% 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 Lone Tree Elementary School
Lone Tree Elementary School's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree Elementary School this school | 196 | 33.2% | 82.4% |
| Carrie Lee Elementary Decorah | 215 | 30.7% | 82.3% |
| Hubbard-Radcliffe Elementary School Radcliffe | 181 | 32.0% | 82.1% |
| West Bend-Mallard Elementary School West Bend | 173 | 35.8% | 74.4% |
| Carpenter Elementary School Monticello | 208 | 36.1% | 77.8% |
| Stuart Elementary School Stuart | 211 | 37.4% | N/A |
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 Lone Tree Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #85 of 564 | #4 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.1% | #14 of 564 ▲ 90 | #2 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #69 of 564 ▲ 40 | #4 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #566 of 705 | #24 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #459 of 666 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #87 of 359 | #12 of 20 |
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
196
-25 (-11%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 196 | 16.5 | 11.9:1 | 33% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 16.3 | 14.1:1 | 30% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 17.5 | 12.2:1 | 29% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | 17 | 13.0:1 | 24% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 16.1 | 15.5:1 | 33% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 203 | 13 | 15.6:1 | 44% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 17 | 14.7:1 | 30% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 241 | 14 | 17.2:1 | 12% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 242 | 12 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lone Tree Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (249 to 196); teachers up 2% (16.1 to 16.5).
About Lone Tree Elementary School
Lone Tree Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Lone Tree, Iowa. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 196 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa, enrollment here is 40% lower.
Federal data list 2 schools in Lone Tree Comm School District, with 401 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at Lone Tree Elementary School, with 86% of enrollment. Next come 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 76% White among all Johnson County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Lone Tree Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
Dividing enrollment by its 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. Lone Tree Elementary School reports 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Lone Tree Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 87% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lone Tree Elementary School is 7.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 82.4%. Predicted: 75.4%.
In the county around the school, Johnson County, median household income is about $74,935, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 43 public schools operate in Johnson County, serving about 20,019 students.
The shortest distance from Lone Tree Elementary School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Lone Tree Middle-Senior High School. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. By average proficiency, Lone Tree Elementary School is 1st among 9 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 196 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 221. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.9:1, from 13.0:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Lone Tree Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lone Tree Comm School District
- Lone Tree Middle-Senior High SchoolHigh · 205 students
Other Lone Tree Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lone Tree Elementary. Lone Tree Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Lone Tree ElementaryAntioch, CA · 518 students
- Lone Tree ElementaryLONE TREE, CO · 392 students
- Lone Tree ElementaryBeale AFB, CA · 305 students
Nearby schools
- Lone Tree Middle-Senior High School0.0 mi · 205
- Highland Elementary School7.5 mi · 242
- Hills Elementary School7.6 mi · 151
- Highland Middle School8.0 mi · 119
- Highland High School8.0 mi · 149
- West Liberty High School10.4 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Lone Tree Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lone Tree Elementary School?
Lone Tree Elementary School enrolls approximately 196 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lone Tree Elementary School serve?
Lone Tree Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lone Tree Elementary School have?
Lone Tree Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Lone Tree Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lone Tree Elementary School are roughly 86% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lone Tree Elementary School in?
Lone Tree Elementary School is part of Lone Tree Comm School District.
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