Enrollment
86
Elementary
DISTRICT 93 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PATON-CHURDAN COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192238001338
Paton-Churdan Elementary
606 Adrian St., Churdan, IA 50050 · (515) 389-3111 · Greene County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL86 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest 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
10.7:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 55.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
48 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 9 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (11).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Paton-Churdan Elementary→Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Paton-Churdan Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
81.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 81.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 82.8% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% 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 Paton-Churdan Elementary
Paton-Churdan Elementary's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paton-Churdan Elementary this school | 86 | 55.8% | 75.2% |
| Bennett Elementary School Bennett | 76 | 53.9% | 60.6% |
| Sylvia Enarson Elementary School Villisca | 112 | 51.8% | 73.6% |
| Tri-County Elementary School Thornburg | 102 | 50.0% | 63.2% |
| North Union Elementary Fenton | 130 | 54.6% | N/A |
| Gilmore City Elementary School Gilmore City | 59 | 59.3% | 49.6% |
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 Paton-Churdan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 86 | #673 of 705 |
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
86
-39 (-31%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 144
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 86 | 8 | 10.7:1 | 56% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 87 | 11.2 | 7.8:1 | 54% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 89 | 11.2 | 8.0:1 | 40% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 125 | 10 | 12.5:1 | 46% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 125 | 9.3 | 13.4:1 | 53% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 120 | 7 | 17.1:1 | 45% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 97 | 10 | 9.7:1 | 47% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 84 | 7 | 12.0:1 | 39% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 144 | 10 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paton-Churdan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (125 to 86); teachers down 14% (9.3 to 8).
About Paton-Churdan Elementary
A small elementary school in Churdan, Iowa, Paton-Churdan Elementary is part of Paton-Churdan Comm School District. The school's 86 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students each.
Paton-Churdan Comm School District has 185 students spread across 2 schools.
Most students at Paton-Churdan Elementary are White: 93% of enrollment. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic. County-wide, about 94% of residents are White. Paton-Churdan Elementary has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 10.7 students per teacher and 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 56%. Public schools in Greene County average 48%.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Paton-Churdan Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Paton-Churdan Elementary is in the top 10% of Iowa schools: 75.2% actual against 64.0% predicted.
Greene County has about 8,688 residents, and median household income is about $63,409, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Greene County number 5 and enroll about 1,425.
Nearest public school: Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The ten-mile area around Paton-Churdan Elementary holds 2 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Paton-Churdan Elementary at 2nd of 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was 125 in 2020-21 and 86 in 2024-25, a decrease of 39 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.5:1 to 10.7:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,688
Census ACS
Median income
$63,409
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,425 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paton-Churdan Comm School District
- Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 99 students
Nearby schools
- Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School0.0 mi · 99
- Greene County High School10.0 mi · 375
- Greene County Elementary11.9 mi · 518
- Greene County Middle School12.1 mi · 347
- Southeast Valley High School12.4 mi · 340
- Southeast Valley Elementary12.6 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About Paton-Churdan ElementaryHow large is Paton-Churdan Elementary?
Paton-Churdan Elementary enrolls approximately 86 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Paton-Churdan Elementary serve?
Paton-Churdan Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Paton-Churdan Elementary?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at Paton-Churdan Elementary.
How diverse is Paton-Churdan Elementary?
Paton-Churdan Elementary reports a student body of 93% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Paton-Churdan Elementary?
Paton-Churdan Elementary is overseen by Paton-Churdan Comm School District in Greene County.
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