Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMES COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190354000054
Mitchell Elementary School
3521 Jewel Dr, Ames, IA 50010 · (515) 239-3775 · Story County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% 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.
- ABeats 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
12.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
175 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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 Ames Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
69.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 69.6% |
| 2023-24 | 75.9% | 75.2% |
% 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
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Mitchell Elementary School
Mitchell Elementary School's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Elementary School this school | 314 | 55.7% | 72.5% |
| Windsor Elementary Des Moines | 254 | 57.5% | 56.8% |
| Perkins Elementary School Des Moines | 438 | 62.8% | 63.9% |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School Bettendorf | 268 | 53.0% | 64.5% |
| Hiawatha Elementary School Hiawatha | 334 | 53.0% | 67.7% |
| McKee Elementary School Des Moines | 235 | 66.0% | 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 Mitchell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Story County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #289 of 564 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #389 of 564 ▼ 88 | #11 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #303 of 564 ▼ 121 | #10 of 11 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #345 of 705 | #11 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #164 of 561 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #67 of 561 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #162 of 666 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #118 of 168 | #6 of 7 |
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
314
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 314 | 25.1 | 12.5:1 | 56% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 51% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 24 | 12.1:1 | 46% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 45% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 17.8 | 16.8:1 | 44% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 19 | 14.2:1 | 49% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 41% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 17 | 17.8:1 | 12% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 18 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitchell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (299 to 314); teachers up 41% (17.8 to 25.1).
About Mitchell Elementary School
Mitchell Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Iowa, located in Ames. The school counts 314 students across kindergarten through 5.
Ames Comm School District operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,688 students.
Enrollment at Mitchell Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 47%. It is also 23% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. For comparison, the population of Story County is roughly 82% White. Mitchell Elementary School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.5:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 56%. That rate is above the 28% average among public schools in Story County.
allk12 grades Mitchell Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Mitchell Elementary School is 8.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 72.5%. Predicted: 64.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Story County, median household income is about $69,685, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Mitchell Elementary School is among the 26 public schools in Story County.
Nearest public school: Meeker Elementary School, about 3.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mitchell Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Mitchell Elementary School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 314 was 3% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 306.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Mitchell Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Story County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,466
Census ACS
Median income
$69,685
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,665 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ames Comm School District
- Ames High SchoolHigh · 1,440 students
- Ames Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,033 students
- Fellows Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Edwards Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Sawyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Meeker Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Other schools in Ames
- Ames High SchoolHigh · 1,440 students
- Ames Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,033 students
- Fellows Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Edwards Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Sawyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Meeker Elementary SchoolElementary · 361 students
Other Mitchell Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 17 states are named Mitchell Elementary. Mitchell Elementary School is the 18th largest of the 23.
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolBridgewater, MA · 931 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 787 students
- MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 698 students
- Mitchell ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 597 students
- Mitchell ElementaryAtwater, CA · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Meeker Elementary School3.5 mi · 361
- Ames High School3.8 mi · 1,440
- Fellows Elementary School3.9 mi · 489
- Ames Middle School3.9 mi · 1,033
- Northwood Pre-School4.3 mi · 244
- Edwards Elementary School4.7 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Mitchell Elementary SchoolHow large is Mitchell Elementary School?
Mitchell Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mitchell Elementary School serve?
Mitchell Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mitchell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mitchell Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mitchell Elementary School?
At Mitchell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 23% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mitchell Elementary School public or private?
Mitchell Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ames Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.