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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Longfellow Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COUNCIL BLUFFS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190822000425
Longfellow Elementary School
2011 S 10th St, Council Bluffs, IA 51501 · (712) 328-6522 · Pottawattamie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
197 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 41%
Community
4
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 | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
Student demographics
50%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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
68.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 are up about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 68.9% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 65.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 69% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Longfellow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Pottawattamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #484 of 564 | #15 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #403 of 564 | #13 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #519 of 564 | #15 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #180 of 705 | #5 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #332 of 561 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #215 of 561 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #60 of 359 | #4 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
431
-141 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
% White
66%
was 72%
% Hispanic
24%
was 20%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 431 | 31.1 | 13.9:1 | 46% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 34.1 | 13.5:1 | 54% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 60% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 38.5 | 14.9:1 | 47% (267) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Longfellow Elementary School.
About Longfellow Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Iowa, located in Council Bluffs. It reports enrollment of 431 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 33% larger than the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa.
Longfellow Elementary School is run by Council Bluffs Comm School District, whose 15 schools enroll 8,299 students.
Of every 100 students at Longfellow Elementary School, about 66 are White. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Pottawattamie County, the White share is about 88%. The diversity index for Longfellow Elementary School is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Longfellow Elementary School comes to 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is about 13.7:1. On the income side, 46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Longfellow Elementary School falls short of its prediction by 15.5 points. The model expects 69.1% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Iowa; the school's rate is 53.6%.
Pottawattamie County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $73,602 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Pottawattamie County number 35, with about 15,270 students.
Bloomer Elementary School is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 57.9% on proficiency, and Longfellow Elementary School is below that at 53.6%.
Locale data from NCES put Longfellow Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 141 students from 2017-18 to 2024-25. Over that span, the White share moved 6 points, to 66%. By 2024-25, the school had 13.9 students per teacher, compared with 14.9 in 2017-18.
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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
Nearby schools
- Bloomer Elementary School1.1 mi · 396
- Edison Elementary School1.5 mi · 384
- Anne E. Nelson Early Learning Center1.7 mi · 119
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.8 mi · 455
- Thomas Jefferson High School1.8 mi · 1,146
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School2.0 mi · 855
Frequently asked questions
About Longfellow Elementary SchoolHow large is Longfellow Elementary School?
Longfellow Elementary School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades PK-05.
Is Longfellow Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Longfellow Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Longfellow Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Longfellow Elementary School?
Student demographics at Longfellow Elementary School are roughly 66% White, 24% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Longfellow Elementary School in?
Longfellow Elementary School is part of Council Bluffs Comm School District.
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