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Northeast Hamilton Elementary School

606 Illinois St, Blairsburg, IA 50034 · (515) 325-6234 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL208 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
208
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 325
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
126 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K189%
Kindergarten2010%
Grade 13115%
Grade 23818%
Grade 33416%
Grade 42512%
Grade 52412%
Grade 6189%

This year's kindergarten class (20) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (18).

Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 48% · US 70%
White
11555%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 70% · US 43%
Hispanic
7637%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 14% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Asian
94%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
63%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
11354%
Female
9546%

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Test scores

ISASP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
57.6%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
72.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +15.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.

ISASP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2557.6%72.9%
2023-2458.5%57.3%
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Northeast Hamilton Elementary School

Northeast Hamilton Elementary School's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Northeast Hamilton Elementary School this school20860.6%59.0%
Pleasant View Elementary School
Webster City
21051.0%N/A
Sioux Center Intermediate School
Sioux Center
24254.5%69.8%
South Side Elementary School
Hampton
30360.4%67.9%
Hawarden Elementary School
Hawarden
19363.7%73.2%
Riverside Elementary School
Sioux City
22772.7%65.1%
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 Northeast Hamilton Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Iowa
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
59.0%#467 of 564
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
72.9%#340 of 564
▲ 145
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
57.6%#469 of 564
▼ 18
Enrollment
ranked largest first
208#551 of 705
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.4:1#397 of 561
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
55.8%#171 of 561
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
60.6%#121 of 666
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 2024-25
Enrollment
208
+73 (+54%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2520814.414.4:161% (126)
2023-2422315.614.3:155% (122)
2022-2322515.914.2:152% (117)
2020-211351211.3:144% (60)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northeast Hamilton Elementary School.

About Northeast Hamilton Elementary School

Northeast Hamilton Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Blairsburg, Iowa, (ZIP code 50034). The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 208 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Iowa enroll around 325, and this school is 36% below that mark.

Northeast Hamilton Elementary School sits within Webster City Comm School District, which has 5 schools and 1,688 students.

White students are 55% of those enrolled at Northeast Hamilton Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 37% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Hamilton County's population at about 87%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.

Its staff includes 14.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.4 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Northeast Hamilton Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 61%. The average for public schools in Hamilton County is 42%.

On the allk12 Grade, Northeast Hamilton Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 19% of Iowa public elementary schools.

Northeast Hamilton Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.0% is 2.7 points below the 61.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

Hamilton County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $72,432 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Northeast Hamilton Elementary School shares Hamilton County with 7 other public schools.

About 9.3 miles separate Northeast Hamilton Elementary School from the closest public school, Pleasant View Elementary School. The ten-mile area around Northeast Hamilton Elementary School holds 3 other public schools. Northeast Hamilton Elementary School's average proficiency of 59.0% compares with 77.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.

Northeast Hamilton Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.

The 2020-21 count was 135 students and the 2024-25 count was 208. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. By 2024-25, the school had 14.4 students per teacher, compared with 11.3 in 2020-21.

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Hamilton County at a glance

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Population
14,886
Census ACS
Median income
$72,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,432 students

Quick facts

School name
Northeast Hamilton Elementary School
District
Webster City Comm School District
Address
606 Illinois St, Blairsburg, IA 50034
Phone
(515) 325-6234
County
Hamilton County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
208
Teachers (FTE)
14
Student–teacher ratio
14.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
126 (61%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
193063001888
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Northeast Hamilton Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Northeast Hamilton Elementary School?
Northeast Hamilton Elementary School enrolls approximately 208 students in grades PK-06.
Is Northeast Hamilton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northeast Hamilton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northeast Hamilton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northeast Hamilton Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northeast Hamilton Elementary School?
At Northeast Hamilton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 37% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Northeast Hamilton Elementary School public or private?
Northeast Hamilton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Webster City Comm School District.
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