Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEAR CREEK AMANA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190759002103
North Bend Elementary
2230 St Andrews Drive, North Liberty, IA 52317 · (319) 626-3950 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% 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
13.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
99 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 25% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
North Bend Elementary→East Ridge Elementary→Clear Creek Amana Middle School→Clear Creek Amana High School
Based on grade levels within Clear Creek Amana Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
84.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.2% | 84.8% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 80.4% |
% 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
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 North Bend Elementary
North Bend Elementary's state test result (77.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Bend Elementary this school | 326 | 30.4% | 77.6% |
| Buford Garner Elementary North Liberty | 344 | 31.1% | 68.8% |
| South Prairie Elementary Grimes | 436 | 30.3% | N/A |
| Pierce Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 334 | 32.9% | 71.6% |
| Prairie View Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 430 | 35.6% | 84.8% |
| Prairie Hill Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 466 | 35.2% | 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 North Bend Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #178 of 564 | #7 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #125 of 564 ▲ 71 | #6 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #203 of 564 ▲ 121 | #10 of 28 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #326 of 705 | #14 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #228 of 561 | #12 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #151 of 561 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #498 of 666 | #21 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #33 of 359 | #7 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
326
-54 (-14%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
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 | 326 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 30% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 24.9 | 16.1:1 | 28% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 25.8 | 15.3:1 | 22% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 16% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 18% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 16% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 22% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Bend Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (458 to 326); teachers down 19% (31 to 25).
About North Bend Elementary
North Bend Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in North Liberty, Iowa. The school serves kindergarten through 3. Enrollment is 326 students.
Clear Creek Amana Comm School District (9 schools, 3,156 students) runs North Bend Elementary.
The student body at North Bend Elementary is 60% White. The school is also 18% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 76%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
North Bend Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.0:1. The school's 13.0:1 compares with an average of 13.7:1 for elementary schools in Iowa. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%.
On the allk12 Grade, North Bend Elementary lands at B, ahead of 62% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Test results at North Bend Elementary are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (77.6% actual, 76.8% predicted).
For Johnson County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,935 a year, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Johnson County number 43, with about 20,019 students.
Measured in a straight line, Buford Garner Elementary is about 1.8 miles from North Bend Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, North Bend Elementary is ahead of the 74.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Locale: Suburb: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 54 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Clear Creek Amana Comm School District
- Clear Creek Amana High SchoolHigh · 800 students
- Clear Creek Amana Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- East Ridge ElementaryElementary · 442 students
- Clear Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Tiffin ElementaryElementary · 191 students
- Oak Hill ElementaryElementary · 173 students
Other schools in North Liberty
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Penn Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Christine Grant ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- James Van Allen Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Buford Garner ElementaryElementary · 344 students
Other North Bend Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named North Bend Elementary. North Bend Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- North Bend Elementary SchoolHUMBLE, TX · 768 students
- North Bend ElementaryJarrettsville, MD · 467 students
- North Bend Elementary SchoolNORTH BEND, WA · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Buford Garner Elementary1.8 mi · 344
- Penn Elementary School2.1 mi · 512
- James Van Allen Elementary School2.1 mi · 376
- Oak Hill Elementary2.1 mi · 173
- North Central Middle School2.2 mi · 925
- Christine Grant Elementary2.2 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About North Bend ElementaryHow many students attend North Bend Elementary?
North Bend Elementary enrolls approximately 326 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does North Bend Elementary serve?
North Bend Elementary serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Bend Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Bend Elementary is approximately 13.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Bend Elementary?
At North Bend Elementary, the student body is approximately 60% White, 8% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is North Bend Elementary public or private?
North Bend Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clear Creek Amana Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.