Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OGDEN COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192166001293
Ogden Elementary School
313 W Sycamore, Ogden, IA 50212 · (515) 275-2795 · Boone County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
82 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Based on grade levels within Ogden Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
90.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
92.9%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
89.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 79% 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 10 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
321
+48 (+18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.4:1
% White
93%
was 98%
% Hispanic
4%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Ogden Elementary School
Set in Ogden, Iowa, Ogden Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus, run under Ogden Comm School District. It instructs 321 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Ogden Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 713 students. Ogden Elementary School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Ogden Elementary School lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Boone County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Ogden Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 79.2%; Ogden Elementary School posts 89.2%, +10.0 points above that line.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,531 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Ogden Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 3,735 students).
Ogden High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ogden Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 70.9%.
Ogden Elementary School operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ogden Elementary School has expanded 18%, going from 273 students in 2018 to 321 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 98% to 93%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,668
Census ACS
Median income
$83,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,735 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ogden Comm School District
- Ogden High SchoolHigh · 234 students
- Ogden Middle SchoolMiddle · 158 students
Other schools in Ogden
- Ogden High SchoolHigh · 234 students
- Ogden Middle SchoolMiddle · 158 students
Nearby schools
- Ogden High School0.6 mi · 234
- Ogden Middle School0.6 mi · 158
- Boone High School7.6 mi · 704
- Franklin Elementary School7.7 mi · 329
- Boone Middle School8.5 mi · 586
- Ledges Elementary School8.7 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Ogden Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ogden Elementary School?
Ogden Elementary School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ogden Elementary School serve?
Ogden Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ogden Elementary School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Ogden Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ogden Elementary School?
At Ogden Elementary School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Ogden Elementary School public or private?
Ogden Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ogden Comm School District.
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