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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470002168
Norman Borlaug Elementary School
1000 Kennedy Parkway, Coralville, IA 52241 · (319) 688-1155 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
12.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
177 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 41%
Community
6
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 | 32 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.4%
IA avg 73.6% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
70.9%
IA avg 70.9% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.4% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 74.4% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Norman Borlaug Elementary School
Norman Borlaug Elementary School's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Borlaug Elementary School this school | 405 | 43.7% | 69.7% |
| Ernest Horn Elementary School Iowa City | 453 | 58.5% | 64.8% |
| Weber Elementary Iowa City | 456 | 55.5% | 61.6% |
| Central Elementary School Coralville | 343 | 48.1% | 62.8% |
| Edwards Elementary School Ames | 436 | 44.5% | 71.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Iowa City | 217 | 35.9% | 82.9% |
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 Norman Borlaug Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #339 of 564 | #16 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #372 of 564 ▼ 54 | #14 of 28 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #403 of 564 ▼ 203 | #20 of 28 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #213 of 705 | #9 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #186 of 561 | #10 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #64 of 561 | #5 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.7% | #299 of 666 | #12 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #112 of 359 | #13 of 20 |
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
405
-53 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 405 | 31.7 | 12.8:1 | 44% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 31.3 | 14.4:1 | 45% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 32.9 | 12.7:1 | 39% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 32% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 31.9 | 15.5:1 | 30% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 30% (140) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norman Borlaug Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (494 to 405); teachers down 1% (31.9 to 31.7).
About Norman Borlaug Elementary School
This page covers Norman Borlaug Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Coralville, Iowa. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 405 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students.
Iowa City Comm School District runs Norman Borlaug Elementary School along with 28 other schools, enrolling 15,111 students in total.
Black students form the largest group at Norman Borlaug Elementary School, 41% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 35% White, 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. In Johnson County overall, about 8% of residents are Black. Norman Borlaug Elementary School has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Norman Borlaug Elementary School employs 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.8:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 44% in 2024-25.
Norman Borlaug Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Norman Borlaug Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 69.7%. Predicted: 70.1%.
Federal survey data for Johnson County show that median household income is about $74,935, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 43 public schools operate in Johnson County, serving about 20,019 students.
The school nearest to Norman Borlaug Elementary School is Northwest Middle School, at a distance of about 1.2 miles. Within five miles of Norman Borlaug Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Norman Borlaug Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Norman Borlaug Elementary School is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 405, 12% below the 458 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Norman Borlaug Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
Other schools in Coralville
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- East Ridge ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Wickham ElementaryElementary · 315 students
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Middle School1.2 mi · 1,113
- Kirkwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 270
- Central Elementary School1.5 mi · 343
- West Senior High School1.5 mi · 1,514
- Weber Elementary1.8 mi · 456
- Ernest Horn Elementary School2.4 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Norman Borlaug Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Norman Borlaug Elementary School?
Norman Borlaug Elementary School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Norman Borlaug Elementary School serve?
Norman Borlaug Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Norman Borlaug Elementary School have?
Norman Borlaug Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Norman Borlaug Elementary School?
Student demographics at Norman Borlaug Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 7% Hispanic, 41% Black, 12% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Norman Borlaug Elementary School public or private?
Norman Borlaug Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iowa City Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.