Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTENSDALE-ST MARYS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191875001096
Martensdale Elementary School
390 Burlington, Martensdale, IA 50160 · (641) 764-2621 · Warren County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% 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.
- 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
14.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
76 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 23% larger than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Martensdale Elementary School→Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Martensdale-St Marys Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.8pp since 2023
Math
87.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.1% | 87.3% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 86.0% |
% 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
81.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Martensdale Elementary School
Martensdale Elementary School's state test result (81.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martensdale Elementary School this school | 307 | 24.8% | 81.0% |
| Ogden Elementary School Ogden | 321 | 25.5% | 89.2% |
| North Mahaska Elementary School New Sharon | 301 | 25.2% | 79.3% |
| Durant Elementary School Durant | 342 | 25.1% | 70.0% |
| St Ansgar Elementary School St Ansgar | 345 | 24.3% | 88.7% |
| Tipton Elementary School Tipton | 284 | 23.6% | 65.5% |
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 Martensdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #116 of 564 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #76 of 564 ▲ 14 | #2 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #209 of 564 ▼ 143 | #8 of 10 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #360 of 705 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #394 of 561 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #459 of 561 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #554 of 666 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #163 of 168 | 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
307
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 307 | 21.3 | 14.4:1 | 25% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 22.1 | 14.3:1 | 21% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 19.3 | 15.8:1 | 17% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 21 | 14.3:1 | 23% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 18.5 | 16.5:1 | 23% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 25% (75) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 23% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 252 | 15 | 16.8:1 | 17% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 16 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martensdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (305 to 307); teachers up 15% (18.5 to 21.3).
About Martensdale Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Martensdale Elementary School serves students in Martensdale, Iowa. It enrolled 307 students in pre-K through 6 for the 2024-25 school year.
Martensdale Elementary School is one of the 2 schools that make up Martensdale-St Marys Comm School District (532 students in total).
Martensdale Elementary School's enrollment is 91% White. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Warren County is about 93% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Martensdale Elementary School and a ratio of 14.4:1. That is close to the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 25% of students. That tracks the 24% average for public schools in Warren County.
allk12 grades Martensdale Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Martensdale Elementary School is 1.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
Warren County census figures show that the median household income is $94,588, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Warren County is home to 20 public schools and about 10,473 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Martensdale Elementary School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Martensdale Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 301 in 2020-21 and 307 in 2024-25.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,409
Census ACS
Median income
$94,588
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Martensdale-St Marys Comm School District
- Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 225 students
Other schools in Martensdale
- Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 225 students
Nearby schools
- Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School0.0 mi · 225
- Orchard Hills Elementary7.1 mi · 558
- Oviatt Elementary School7.4 mi · 548
- Norwalk Middle School7.6 mi · 824
- Wilder Elementary School7.6 mi · 456
- Norwalk Senior High School7.7 mi · 1,035
Frequently asked questions
About Martensdale Elementary SchoolHow large is Martensdale Elementary School?
Martensdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-06.
Is Martensdale Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martensdale Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Martensdale Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Martensdale Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martensdale Elementary School?
At Martensdale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Martensdale Elementary School public or private?
Martensdale Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Martensdale-St Marys Comm School District.
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