Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLE PLAINE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190462000127
Longfellow Elementary School
707 7th St, Belle Plaine, IA 52208 · (319) 444-3002 · Benton County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
118 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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (34).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Longfellow Elementary School→Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Belle Plaine Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.9pp 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 71 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.1% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 71.9% |
% 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
71.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School's state test result (71.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longfellow Elementary School this school | 267 | 44.2% | 71.1% |
| West Campus Elementary School Waukon | 265 | 43.0% | N/A |
| Buffalo Elementary School Buffalo | 242 | 43.8% | 71.8% |
| West Elementary School Emmetsburg | 293 | 43.3% | 78.7% |
| Eldora-New Providence Elementary School Eldora | 242 | 46.3% | 71.2% |
| Harlan Intermediate School Harlan | 309 | 43.4% | 68.7% |
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 Longfellow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #312 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #371 of 564 ▼ 13 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #357 of 564 ▼ 118 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #444 of 705 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #221 of 561 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.5% | #368 of 561 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #295 of 666 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #236 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
267
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
+132% since 1990-91, when it was 115
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 267 | 20.6 | 13.0:1 | 44% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 16.5 | 17.4:1 | 49% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 19.5 | 14.7:1 | 44% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 37% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 20.8 | 14.1:1 | 34% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 38% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 38% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 113 | 9 | 12.6:1 | 20% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 115 | 6 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (293 to 267); teachers down 1% (20.8 to 20.6).
About Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Belle Plaine, Iowa. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 267 students on the rolls.
Belle Plaine Comm School District enrolls 472 students in 2 schools, including Longfellow Elementary School.
At Longfellow Elementary School, 86% of students are White. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Benton County is roughly 95% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Longfellow Elementary School scores 26%.
There are 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Longfellow Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.0:1. Elementary schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 13.7:1. By family income, 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Longfellow Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of Iowa public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Longfellow Elementary School is 1.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
In the surrounding county, Benton County, the median household earns about $86,962 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Benton County has 12 public schools with about 3,919 students, including Longfellow Elementary School.
Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School sits about 0.4 miles from Longfellow Elementary School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Longfellow Elementary School is 8th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Longfellow Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 276 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 267 by 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Longfellow Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,724
Census ACS
Median income
$86,962
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belle Plaine Comm School District
- Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 205 students
Other Longfellow Elementary schools
36 other US public schools in 18 states are named Longfellow Elementary. Longfellow Elementary School is the 28th largest of the 37.
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IA · 431 students
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolIowa City, IA · 325 students
- Longfellow ElementaryMarion, IA · 254 students
- Longfellow ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 904 students
- Longfellow ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 780 students
Nearby schools
- Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School0.4 mi · 205
- Keystone Elementary School8.7 mi · 176
- H-L-V Elementary School11.2 mi · 168
- H-L-V Junior-Senior High School11.2 mi · 133
- Iowa Valley Elementary School12.3 mi · 314
- Iowa Valley Jr-Sr High School12.5 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow Elementary SchoolHow large is Longfellow Elementary School?
Longfellow Elementary School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-06.
Is Longfellow Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Longfellow Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Longfellow Elementary School have?
Longfellow Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Longfellow Elementary School?
Student demographics at Longfellow Elementary School are roughly 86% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Longfellow Elementary School public or private?
Longfellow Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Belle Plaine Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.