Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MISSOURI VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191944001145
Missouri Valley Elementary
602 North 9th Street, Missouri Valley, IA 51555 · (712) 642-2706 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest 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
14.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
184 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 38 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Based on grade levels within Missouri Valley Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
63.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
74.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 74.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.7% | 68.7% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Missouri Valley Elementary
Missouri Valley Elementary's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Valley Elementary this school | 359 | 51.3% | 65.2% |
| Odebolt Elementary-Ida Grove Ida Grove | 308 | 50.6% | 68.9% |
| Northstar Elementary School Knoxville | 348 | 49.1% | 63.9% |
| Shenandoah Elementary School Shenandoah | 349 | 46.7% | 75.2% |
| Wayne Elementary School Corydon | 328 | 51.2% | 75.5% |
| Van Buren County Community School District Douds Center Douds | 292 | 51.0% | 69.5% |
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 Missouri Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #409 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #307 of 564 ▲ 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #421 of 564 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #278 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #381 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #417 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #198 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.8% | #88 of 168 |
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
359
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 228
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 359 | 25.1 | 14.3:1 | 51% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 29 | 12.2:1 | 38% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 29.8 | 12.1:1 | 45% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 36% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 26.6 | 12.3:1 | 41% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 25 | 14.1:1 | 43% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 40% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 32% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 228 | 14 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Missouri Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (327 to 359); teachers down 6% (26.6 to 25.1).
About Missouri Valley Elementary
Missouri Valley Elementary is an elementary school in Missouri Valley, Iowa, and it is part of Missouri Valley Comm School District. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 359 students enrolled.
Missouri Valley Comm School District is responsible for 3 schools, Missouri Valley Elementary included, with 745 students in all.
A large majority of enrollment at Missouri Valley Elementary is White, at 89%. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
Classroom staffing at Missouri Valley Elementary totals 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Missouri Valley Elementary is about 51%. On average, public schools in Harrison County report 39%.
Missouri Valley Elementary 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 28% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Test results at Missouri Valley Elementary are 1.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (65.2% actual, 66.3% predicted).
The county, Harrison County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $79,535 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Missouri Valley Elementary, Harrison County has 10 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Missouri Valley High School, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 74.1%; Missouri Valley Elementary's is 65.2%, ranking 8th of 9.
Missouri Valley Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 359, from 371 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 14.3 students per teacher, compared with 12.8 in 2020-21.
Missouri Valley Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,632
Census ACS
Median income
$79,535
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,535 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Missouri Valley Comm School District
- Missouri Valley High SchoolHigh · 228 students
- Missouri Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 158 students
Other schools in Missouri Valley
- Missouri Valley High SchoolHigh · 228 students
- Missouri Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 158 students
Nearby schools
- Missouri Valley High School0.2 mi · 228
- Missouri Valley Middle School0.2 mi · 158
- Logan-Magnolia Jr-Sr High School8.1 mi · 294
- Logan-Magnolia Elementary School8.1 mi · 431
- FORT CALHOUN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL10.1 mi · 382
- FORT CALHOUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Missouri Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Missouri Valley Elementary?
Missouri Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 359 students in grades PK-05.
Is Missouri Valley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Missouri Valley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Missouri Valley Elementary have?
Missouri Valley Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Missouri Valley Elementary?
Student demographics at Missouri Valley Elementary are roughly 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Missouri Valley Elementary in?
Missouri Valley Elementary is part of Missouri Valley Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.