Enrollment
148
Elementary
DISTRICT 178 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORAVIA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191971001156
Moravia Elementary School
507 N Trussell Ave, Moravia, IA 52571 · (641) 724-3241 · Appanoose County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL148 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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.
- 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
10.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
73 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 | 14 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (23).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
Moravia Elementary School→Moravia High School
Based on grade levels within Moravia Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
74.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 75 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.6% | 74.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 73.3% |
% 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
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Moravia Elementary School
Moravia Elementary School's state test result (72.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moravia Elementary School this school | 148 | 49.3% | 72.6% |
| Murray Elementary School Murray | 165 | 49.7% | 72.8% |
| Ar-We-Va Elementary Community School Westside | 141 | 48.2% | 83.5% |
| North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center Mechanicsville | 139 | 47.5% | 79.3% |
| Walcott Elementary School Walcott | 150 | 52.0% | 70.9% |
| River Valley Elementary Washta | 154 | 53.2% | 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 Moravia Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #288 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #308 of 564 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #253 of 564 ▲ 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 148 | #622 of 705 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #230 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #31 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
148
-49 (-25%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 148 | 14.5 | 10.2:1 | 49% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 160 | 14 | 11.4:1 | 55% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 158 | 16.9 | 9.3:1 | 54% (85) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 15 | 13.1:1 | 46% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 210 | 14.9 | 14.1:1 | 46% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 207 | 19 | 10.9:1 | 48% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 237 | 17 | 13.9:1 | 58% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 182 | 23 | 7.9:1 | 42% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 235 | 18 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moravia Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (210 to 148); teachers down 3% (14.9 to 14.5).
About Moravia Elementary School
Moravia Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Moravia, Iowa. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 148 students enrolled. That is 54% below the average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
The 2 schools of Moravia Comm School District, including Moravia Elementary School, enroll 355 students.
The share of students at Moravia Elementary School who are White is 99%. Appanoose County residents are about 95% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 3% means there is a 3% chance two randomly chosen students at Moravia Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Moravia Elementary School is 10.2:1, based on 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Iowa, 13.7:1, is higher. Moravia Elementary School counts 49% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Moravia Elementary School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Moravia Elementary School is 5.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 72.6% actual, 67.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
Census data for Appanoose County show median household income comes to about $54,934, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 8 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,767, Moravia Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Moravia High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, 6 other public schools sit within ten miles of Moravia Elementary School. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Moravia Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased by 25% across 4 years, from 197 in 2020-21 to 148 in 2024-25. The ratio was 13.1:1 in 2020-21 and 10.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Appanoose County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,184
Census ACS
Median income
$54,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moravia Comm School District
- Moravia High SchoolHigh · 207 students
Nearby schools
- Moravia High School0.1 mi · 207
- Grant Center8.7 mi · 239
- Kendall Center9.1 mi · 63
- Lincoln Center9.3 mi · 320
- Albia High School9.3 mi · 348
- Albia Middle School9.3 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About Moravia Elementary SchoolHow large is Moravia Elementary School?
Moravia Elementary School enrolls approximately 148 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Moravia Elementary School serve?
Moravia Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Moravia Elementary School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Moravia Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moravia Elementary School?
At Moravia Elementary School, the student body is approximately 99% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Moravia Elementary School?
Moravia Elementary School is overseen by Moravia Comm School District in Appanoose County.
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