Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SCOTT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192094001254
Neil Armstrong Elementary School
212 S Parkview Dr, Eldridge, IA 52748 · (563) 285-8223 · Scott County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
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
14.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
143 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 24 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 North Scott Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.5% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.4% | 77.3% |
% 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Neil Armstrong Elementary School's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School this school | 369 | 38.8% | 76.4% |
| Centennial Elementary Altoona | 423 | 38.1% | 79.4% |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary Cedar Rapids | 438 | 34.7% | 81.4% |
| Prairie Heights Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 403 | 40.2% | 67.5% |
| Whittier Elementary School Clinton | 331 | 40.5% | 82.9% |
| Prairie View Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 430 | 35.6% | 84.8% |
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 Neil Armstrong Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #213 of 564 | #13 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #279 of 564 ▼ 19 | #15 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #157 of 564 ▼ 17 | #12 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #261 of 705 | #20 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #366 of 561 | #17 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #253 of 561 | #21 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #382 of 666 | #20 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #150 of 168 | #10 of 11 |
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
369
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 369 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 39% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 40% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 40% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 38% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 24.3 | 14.9:1 | 33% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | 39% (135) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 42% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 18 | 17.6:1 | 17% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 17 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Neil Armstrong Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (362 to 369); teachers up 7% (24.3 to 26).
About Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Neil Armstrong Elementary School is an elementary school in Eldridge, Iowa, according to federal school records. It enrolls 369 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6.
Neil Armstrong Elementary School is run by North Scott Comm School District, whose 7 schools enroll 3,335 students.
More than half of enrollment at Neil Armstrong Elementary School is White: 72%. Other groups make up 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Neil Armstrong Elementary School scores 45%.
Neil Armstrong Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The school has 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Scott County is close, at 38%.
Neil Armstrong Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of Iowa public elementary schools.
A school with Neil Armstrong Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 72.6%. Neil Armstrong Elementary School scores 76.4%, 3.8 points above that line.
For Scott County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $78,277, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 53 public schools and about 26,100 students.
Alan Shepard Elementary School is about 2.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Neil Armstrong Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Neil Armstrong Elementary School at 6th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 369, close to the 363 recorded in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Neil Armstrong Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Scott Comm School District
- North Scott High SchoolHigh · 1,081 students
- Edward White Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- North Scott Junior High SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Alan Shepard Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- John Glenn Elementary SchoolElementary · 179 students
- Virgil Grissom Elementary SchoolElementary · 152 students
Other schools in Eldridge
- North Scott High SchoolHigh · 1,081 students
- Edward White Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- North Scott Junior High SchoolMiddle · 531 students
Other Neil Armstrong Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Neil Armstrong Elementary. Neil Armstrong Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolBettendorf, IA · 268 students
- NEIL ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT CHARLOTTE, FL · 763 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolMooresville, IN · 543 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolHoffman Estates, IL · 498 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 322 students
Nearby schools
- Alan Shepard Elementary School2.3 mi · 467
- North Scott High School3.4 mi · 1,081
- Edward White Elementary School3.4 mi · 556
- North Scott Junior High School3.7 mi · 531
- John Glenn Elementary School6.9 mi · 179
- Fillmore Elementary School7.4 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Neil Armstrong Elementary School?
Neil Armstrong Elementary School enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Neil Armstrong Elementary School serve?
Neil Armstrong Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Neil Armstrong Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Neil Armstrong Elementary School.
How diverse is Neil Armstrong Elementary School?
Neil Armstrong Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Neil Armstrong Elementary School?
Neil Armstrong Elementary School is overseen by North Scott Comm School District in Scott County.
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