Enrollment
218
Elementary
DISTRICT 155 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTEZUMA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191959001149
Montezuma Elementary School
504 North 4th Street, Montezuma, IA 50171 · (641) 623-5129 · Poweshiek County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest 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
11.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
88 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 27 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 64% larger than its 5th grade class (22).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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 Montezuma Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.7%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
87.2%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 84 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.7% | 87.2% |
| 2023-24 | 84.2% | 87.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 12 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Montezuma Elementary School
Montezuma Elementary School's state test result (83.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montezuma Elementary School this school | 218 | 40.4% | 83.5% |
| Tripoli Elementary School Tripoli | 219 | 39.3% | 80.6% |
| CAM Elementary School Massena | 216 | 38.0% | 65.8% |
| Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center Calamus | 236 | 37.7% | 73.8% |
| Grant Center Albia | 239 | 43.1% | N/A |
| East Campus Elementary School Waukon | 220 | 42.7% | 79.6% |
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 Montezuma Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #67 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.2% | #79 of 564 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.7% | #84 of 564 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 218 | #532 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #50 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.3% | #557 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #358 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #74 of 359 |
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
218
-28 (-11%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 218 | 19.6 | 11.2:1 | 40% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 19.7 | 11.6:1 | 41% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 229 | 20 | 11.5:1 | 34% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 20 | 12.3:1 | 35% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 282 | 21.1 | 13.4:1 | 28% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 291 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 35% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 299 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 32% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 22% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 312 | 18 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montezuma Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (282 to 218); teachers down 7% (21.1 to 19.6).
About Montezuma Elementary School
Montezuma Elementary School is an elementary school located in Montezuma, Iowa, in Poweshiek County. A federal count lists 218 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Iowa) has about 325 students.
The district for Montezuma Elementary School is Montezuma Comm School District, with 3 schools and 464 students.
The student body at Montezuma Elementary School is 97% White. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.2:1, with 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 2.6 students per teacher below the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 40%.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Montezuma Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After accounting for student poverty, Montezuma Elementary School is in the top 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 83.5% is 11.8 points above the 71.8% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Poweshiek County, the median household income is $67,391, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Poweshiek County is home to 11 public schools and about 2,566 public school students.
The shortest distance from Montezuma Elementary School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Montezuma High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Montezuma Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school enrolled 218 students in 2024-25, 28 fewer than the 246 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.2:1.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Poweshiek County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,545
Census ACS
Median income
$67,391
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,566 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montezuma Comm School District
- Montezuma High SchoolHigh · 140 students
- Montezuma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 106 students
- Montezuma Virtual Learning AcademyCombined
Other schools in Montezuma
- Montezuma High SchoolHigh · 140 students
- Montezuma Junior High SchoolMiddle · 106 students
- Montezuma Virtual Learning AcademyCombined
Other Montezuma Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Montezuma Elementary. Montezuma Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Montezuma ElementaryStockton, CA · 652 students
- MONTEZUMA ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 330 students
- Montezuma Elementary SchoolMontezuma, IN · 213 students
- Montezuma ElemMontezuma, KS · 83 students
Nearby schools
- Montezuma High School0.0 mi · 140
- Montezuma Junior High School0.0 mi · 106
- Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School11.0 mi · 300
- Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School11.0 mi · 268
- North Mahaska Jr-Sr High School11.0 mi · 275
- North Mahaska Elementary School11.0 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Montezuma Elementary SchoolHow large is Montezuma Elementary School?
Montezuma Elementary School enrolls approximately 218 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Montezuma Elementary School serve?
Montezuma Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Montezuma Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Montezuma Elementary School is approximately 11.2:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Montezuma Elementary School?
At Montezuma Elementary School, the student body is approximately 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Montezuma Elementary School public or private?
Montezuma Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montezuma Comm School District.
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