Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470000896
Mark Twain Elementary
1355 DeForest Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52240 · (319) 688-1165 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest 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
9.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
142 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 37 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 64% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
59.4%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 53.6% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain Elementary's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain Elementary this school | 213 | 66.7% | 53.4% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Dubuque | 257 | 72.0% | 47.8% |
| Harrison Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 277 | 65.7% | 45.5% |
| Wright Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 282 | 68.8% | 58.9% |
| Johnson STEAM Academy School Cedar Rapids | 324 | 70.4% | 40.0% |
| Walnut Street School Des Moines | 257 | 62.3% | 58.7% |
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 Mark Twain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #487 of 564 | #24 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #515 of 564 ▼ 7 | #25 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #457 of 564 ▼ 21 | #23 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #540 of 705 | #22 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #6 of 561 | #1 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #57 of 561 | #3 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #91 of 666 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.4% | #9 of 359 | #4 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
213
-19 (-8%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 213 | 22.1 | 9.6:1 | 67% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 25.7 | 9.4:1 | 70% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 25 | 9.9:1 | 65% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 24 | 9.7:1 | 56% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 29.7 | 12.7:1 | 69% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 26 | 11.1:1 | 76% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 23 | 10.3:1 | 81% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 52% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 24 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mark Twain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (376 to 213); teachers down 25% (29.7 to 22.1).
About Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in Iowa City, Iowa. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 213 students. That puts enrollment 34% below the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa.
The district, Iowa City Comm School District, has 15,111 students enrolled across 29 schools.
Black students account for 36% of enrollment at Mark Twain Elementary, more than any other group. Other groups make up 35% White, 23% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 8% of Johnson County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
Its ratio of 9.6:1 is based on 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1, 4.1 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 67%. Public schools in Johnson County average 37%.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Mark Twain Elementary outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Mark Twain Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.4%, compared with a predicted 58.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Johnson County show that the median household earns about $74,935 a year, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Johnson County, 43 public schools serve about 20,019 students.
Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School is the nearest public school to Mark Twain Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Mark Twain Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Mark Twain Elementary comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Mark Twain Elementary's location as City: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 19 students, from 232 to 213.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Mark Twain Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
Other schools in Iowa City
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Weber ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Ernest Horn Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
Other Mark Twain Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 13 states are named Mark Twain Elementary. Mark Twain Elementary is the 26th largest of the 31.
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolBettendorf, IA · 409 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryRiverside, CA · 1,033 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolALVIN, TX · 634 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryLawndale, CA · 585 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryPASCO, WA · 579 students
Nearby schools
- Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School0.6 mi · 180
- Grant Wood Elementary School0.7 mi · 306
- Longfellow Elementary School0.7 mi · 325
- Southeast Middle School0.8 mi · 1,269
- Iowa City High School1.2 mi · 1,666
- Robert Lucas Elementary School1.3 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About Mark Twain ElementaryHow many students attend Mark Twain Elementary?
Mark Twain Elementary enrolls approximately 213 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mark Twain Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mark Twain Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mark Twain Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mark Twain Elementary is approximately 9.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mark Twain Elementary?
Student demographics at Mark Twain Elementary are roughly 35% White, 23% Hispanic, 36% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Mark Twain Elementary public or private?
Mark Twain Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iowa City Comm School District.
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