Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINN-MAR COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191722001006
Novak Elementary School
401 29th Avenue, Marion, IA 52302 · (319) 447-3300 · Linn County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL347 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
12.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
92 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 97 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 35% larger than its 4th grade class (72).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
82.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
80.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.3% | 80.6% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 77.4% |
% 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
78.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Novak Elementary School
Novak Elementary School's state test result (78.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novak Elementary School this school | 347 | 26.5% | 78.9% |
| Emerson Elementary School Indianola | 396 | 27.3% | 71.3% |
| Runnells Elementary Runnells | 260 | 26.9% | 89.8% |
| Clear Creek Elementary School Oxford | 278 | 20.5% | 87.0% |
| Woodward-Granger Elementary School Granger | 349 | 24.6% | 84.4% |
| Madison Elementary School Pella | 401 | 21.2% | 79.1% |
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 Novak Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #154 of 564 | #11 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #213 of 564 ▲ 39 | #15 of 39 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #112 of 564 ▲ 101 | #10 of 39 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #298 of 705 | #25 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #133 of 561 | #6 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #280 of 561 | #31 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.5% | #540 of 666 | #34 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.4% | #11 of 359 | #2 of 30 |
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
347
-58 (-14%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 347 | 28.6 | 12.1:1 | 27% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 30.6 | 11.9:1 | 26% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 32.1 | 11.6:1 | 27% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 26% (152) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 25% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 27% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 19 | 24.8:1 | 17% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 31 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Novak Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (582 to 347); teachers down 25% (38 to 28.6).
About Novak Elementary School
Novak Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Marion, Iowa, one of the schools in Linn-Mar Comm School District. The school runs kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 347 students.
The 12 schools in Linn-Mar Comm School District enroll 7,361 students altogether, Novak Elementary School among them.
The largest group at Novak Elementary School is White students, at 78%. The remaining students are 10% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Novak Elementary School scores 38%.
Staffing at Novak Elementary School comes to 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.1:1. Elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1, 1.6 more students per teacher than here. Novak Elementary School counts 27% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 40% average for public schools in Linn County.
On the allk12 Grade, Novak Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 62% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Novak Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.9%, compared with a predicted 78.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Linn County, median household income comes to about $77,649, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 83, with about 36,480 students.
Linn-Mar High School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Novak Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 77.9%; Novak Elementary School's is 78.9%, ranking 5th of 8.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Novak Elementary School had a net loss of 58 students, or 14%.
Novak Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Linn-Mar Comm School District
- Linn-Mar High SchoolHigh · 2,229 students
- Boulder Peak Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Excelsior Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Hazel Point Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Echo Hill ElementaryElementary · 536 students
- Oak Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
Other schools in Marion
- Linn-Mar High SchoolHigh · 2,229 students
- Marion High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Boulder Peak Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Excelsior Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Hazel Point Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 563 students
Nearby schools
- Linn-Mar High School0.4 mi · 2,229
- Indian Creek Elementary School0.6 mi · 354
- Excelsior Middle School0.7 mi · 594
- Wilkins Elementary School1.2 mi · 348
- Bowman Woods Elementary School1.3 mi · 413
- Vernon Middle School1.4 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Novak Elementary SchoolHow large is Novak Elementary School?
Novak Elementary School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades KG-04.
Is Novak Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Novak Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Novak Elementary School have?
Novak Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Novak Elementary School?
Student demographics at Novak Elementary School are roughly 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Novak Elementary School public or private?
Novak Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Linn-Mar Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.