Northeast Elementary

Northeast Elementary is a sizable elementary school in Ankeny, Iowa, part of Ankeny Comm School District. The school serves 595 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Northeast Elementary sits 83% above that benchmark.

Within Ankeny Comm School District, which oversees 18 schools and 12,746 students, Northeast Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northeast Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school reports 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Northeast Elementary lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Polk County's rate of about 49%.

With demographic context factored in, Northeast Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 85.6%; this one delivers 83.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Polk County shows median household income runs about $83,576, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 137 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students), of which Northeast Elementary is one.

Northview Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northeast Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 78.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Northeast Elementary's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 595). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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