Norman Borlaug Elementary School

Norman Borlaug Elementary School, a moderately sized K-5 school in Coralville, Iowa, part of Iowa City Comm School District, teaches 405 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Norman Borlaug Elementary School sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

Iowa City Comm School District runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 15,111 students. Norman Borlaug Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Norman Borlaug Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 35% White, 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Norman Borlaug Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows that median household income runs about $74,935, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Johnson County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,019 students), Norman Borlaug Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Northwest Middle School, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Norman Borlaug Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 67.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Norman Borlaug Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 494 (now 405). Black enrollment moved from 25% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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