Enrollment
139
Elementary
DISTRICT 154 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH CEDAR COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191710001000
North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center
609 125th St., Mechanicsville, IA 52306 · (563) 432-6933 · Cedar County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- ABeats 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
11.8:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
66 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center→North Cedar Jr/Sr High School
Based on grade levels within North Cedar Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
80.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.8% | 80.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.3% | 88.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center
North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center this school | 139 | 47.5% | 79.3% |
| Ar-We-Va Elementary Community School Westside | 141 | 48.2% | 83.5% |
| West Harrison Elementary Mondamin | 126 | 49.2% | 68.5% |
| Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus Manly | 143 | 43.4% | 77.3% |
| Walcott Elementary School Walcott | 150 | 52.0% | 70.9% |
| Murray Elementary School Murray | 165 | 49.7% | 72.8% |
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 North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Cedar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #148 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #220 of 564 ▼ 157 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #229 of 564 ▼ 67 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 139 | #636 of 705 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #250 of 666 | N/A |
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
139
-23 (-14%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 271
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 139 | 11.8 | 11.8:1 | 47% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 142 | 12.7 | 11.2:1 | 49% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 159 | 11.9 | 13.4:1 | 51% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 162 | 14 | 11.6:1 | 47% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 193 | 18 | 10.7:1 | 34% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 223 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 43% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 177 | 15 | 11.8:1 | 38% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 194 | 11 | 17.6:1 | 22% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 271 | 14 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (193 to 139); teachers down 34% (18 to 11.8).
About North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center
North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center is a small elementary school located in Mechanicsville, Iowa. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 139 students. That compares with an average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center is part of a district of 3 schools: North Cedar Comm School District, with 550 students.
Roughly 91% of students at North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center are White. Enrollment also includes 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. Cedar County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. The diversity index for North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 11.8:1 is based on 11.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1, 1.9 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 47%. For comparison, public schools in Cedar County average 28%.
North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 83% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 68.2%. North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center posts 79.3%, 11.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cedar County show that the median household earns about $80,602 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Cedar County, 13 public schools serve about 3,030 students.
The closest school to North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center is Lisbon Secondary School, located about 7.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 7. Its average proficiency rate of 79.3% is above the 75.4% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center's location as Rural: Distant.
A 14% decline took enrollment from 162 in 2020-21 to 139 in 2024-25.
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Cedar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,349
Census ACS
Median income
$80,602
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,030 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Cedar Comm School District
- North Cedar Jr/Sr High SchoolHigh · 243 students
- North Cedar Lowden Elementary CenterElementary · 168 students
Nearby schools
- Lisbon Secondary School7.3 mi · 301
- Lisbon Elementary School7.3 mi · 461
- Olin Elementary School7.9 mi · 74
- Washington Elementary School9.1 mi · 543
- Mount Vernon Middle School9.3 mi · 425
- Mount Vernon High School9.4 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary CenterHow large is North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center?
North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center enrolls approximately 139 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center serve?
North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center is approximately 11.8:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center?
At North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center in?
North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center is part of North Cedar Comm School District.
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