Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MID-PRAIRIE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191914001134
Mid-Prairie West Elementary School
800 6th Ave, Wellman, IA 52356 · (319) 646-2984 · Washington County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
63 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 94 | 28% |
| Kindergarten | 10 | 3% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 35% |
This year's kindergarten class (10) is 91% smaller than its 4th grade class (114).
Student demographics
22%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mid-Prairie Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.9%
IA avg 73.6% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
80.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.9% | 80.6% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 73.0% |
% 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Mid-Prairie West Elementary School
Mid-Prairie West Elementary School's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Prairie West Elementary School this school | 330 | 19.1% | 73.3% |
| Hoover Elementary School West Branch | 353 | 19.8% | 68.8% |
| United Community School Boone | 329 | 19.5% | 61.0% |
| Bridgeview Elementary School LeClaire | 343 | 17.8% | 88.3% |
| John Cline Elementary School Decorah | 300 | 22.3% | N/A |
| Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School Urbana | 275 | 21.1% | 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 Mid-Prairie West Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #274 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #214 of 564 ▲ 118 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #262 of 564 ▲ 92 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #318 of 705 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #488 of 561 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #399 of 561 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.1% | #607 of 666 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #349 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
330
+13 (+4%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
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 | 330 | 21.3 | 15.5:1 | 19% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 20.8 | 15.8:1 | 20% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 23.7 | 14.8:1 | 21% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 21% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 19.9 | 16.7:1 | 19% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 275 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 39% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 221 | 19 | 11.6:1 | 33% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 193 | 20 | 9.7:1 | 28% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 243 | 18 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mid-Prairie West Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (333 to 330); teachers up 7% (19.9 to 21.3).
About Mid-Prairie West Elementary School
The public elementary school Mid-Prairie West Elementary School is located in Wellman, Iowa. The school has 330 students in 2024-25 across grades 3 through 4.
Mid-Prairie West Elementary School is run by Mid-Prairie Comm School District, whose 5 schools enroll 1,393 students.
White students are 88% of those enrolled at Mid-Prairie West Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Washington County, where about 90% of residents are White. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at Mid-Prairie West Elementary School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 21.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Iowa, 13.7:1, is lower. Roughly 19% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 32% for public schools in Washington County.
Mid-Prairie West Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.4% for Mid-Prairie West Elementary School. The school posts 73.3%, 9.1 points below the prediction.
The county, Washington County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $75,647 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Mid-Prairie West Elementary School, Washington County has 13 public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Mid-Prairie High School, is the closest to Mid-Prairie West Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mid-Prairie West Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Mid-Prairie West Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
The school grew from 317 students in 2020-21 to 330 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.8:1 to 15.5:1.
This page is set up for the Mid-Prairie West Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,561
Census ACS
Median income
$75,647
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mid-Prairie Comm School District
- Mid-Prairie Middle SchoolMiddle · 415 students
- Mid-Prairie High SchoolHigh · 362 students
- Mid-Prairie East Elementary SchoolElementary · 255 students
- Mid-Prairie Virtual AcademyCombined · 31 students
Other schools in Wellman
- Mid-Prairie High SchoolHigh · 362 students
- Mid-Prairie Virtual AcademyCombined · 31 students
Nearby schools
- Mid-Prairie High School0.6 mi · 362
- Mid-Prairie Virtual Academy0.6 mi · 31
- Mid-Prairie East Elementary School6.9 mi · 255
- Mid-Prairie Middle School7.0 mi · 415
- Keota Elementary School9.2 mi · 165
- Keota High School9.2 mi · 114
Frequently asked questions
About Mid-Prairie West Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mid-Prairie West Elementary School?
Mid-Prairie West Elementary School enrolls approximately 330 students in grades 03-04.
Is Mid-Prairie West Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mid-Prairie West Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mid-Prairie West Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mid-Prairie West Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mid-Prairie West Elementary School?
At Mid-Prairie West Elementary School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Mid-Prairie West Elementary School?
Mid-Prairie West Elementary School is overseen by Mid-Prairie Comm School District in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.