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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETTENDORF COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190486000146
Paul Norton Elementary School
4485 Greenbrier Dr, Bettendorf, IA 52722 · (563) 332-8936 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
68 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 41%
Community
6
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 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Based on grade levels within Bettendorf Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
87.9%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
90.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 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.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.9% | 90.2% |
| 2023-24 | 85.1% | 89.4% |
% 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
86.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Paul Norton Elementary School
Paul Norton Elementary School's state test result (86.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Norton Elementary School this school | 403 | 16.9% | 86.0% |
| Cowles Elementary School Des Moines | 392 | 20.2% | 82.6% |
| Crocker Elementary School Ankeny | 489 | 21.5% | 80.1% |
| Penn Elementary School North Liberty | 512 | 13.3% | 81.6% |
| Cody Elementary School LeClaire | 443 | 13.8% | 88.8% |
| Westwood Elementary School Ankeny | 551 | 17.6% | 82.9% |
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 Paul Norton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #36 of 564 | #8 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.2% | #36 of 564 ▲ 9 | #7 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.9% | #38 of 564 ▲ 1 | #8 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #216 of 705 | #15 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #492 of 561 | #26 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #260 of 561 | #23 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #620 of 666 | #29 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #234 of 359 | #8 of 16 |
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
403
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 403 | 25.8 | 15.6:1 | 17% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 25.6 | 16.3:1 | 14% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 14% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 24.4 | 18.2:1 | 13% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 17% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 24 | 18.5:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 26 | 17.5:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 18 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul Norton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (444 to 403); teachers up 6% (24.4 to 25.8).
About Paul Norton Elementary School
Paul Norton Elementary School is one of the public schools in Bettendorf, Iowa. It is a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 403 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Iowa average about 325 students each.
Bettendorf Comm School District has 7 schools and 4,257 students, and Paul Norton Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Paul Norton Elementary School is 74% White. It is also 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Paul Norton Elementary School has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Paul Norton Elementary School was 15.6:1. Among elementary schools in Iowa, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. Paul Norton Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 17%. It compares with 38% for public schools in Scott County.
allk12 grades Paul Norton Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Paul Norton Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Iowa schools: 86.0% actual against 83.5% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Scott County, median household income is about $78,277, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Paul Norton Elementary School is among the 53 public schools in Scott County.
The closest public school, Herbert Hoover Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles from Paul Norton Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Paul Norton Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Paul Norton Elementary School enrolled 408; in 2024-25, 403. Students per teacher fell from 17.7 in 2020-21 to 15.6 in 2024-25.
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bettendorf Comm School District
- Bettendorf High SchoolHigh · 1,433 students
- Bettendorf Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Grant Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
Other schools in Bettendorf
- Pleasant Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Bettendorf High SchoolHigh · 1,433 students
- Bettendorf Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Hopewell ElementaryElementary · 658 students
- Riverdale Heights Elem SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Herbert Hoover Elementary School0.7 mi · 359
- Bettendorf High School0.8 mi · 1,433
- Grant Wood Elementary School1.2 mi · 433
- Bettendorf Middle School1.4 mi · 952
- Hopewell Elementary1.8 mi · 658
- Riverdale Heights Elem School1.9 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Paul Norton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Paul Norton Elementary School?
Paul Norton Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Paul Norton Elementary School serve?
Paul Norton Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Paul Norton Elementary School have?
Paul Norton Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Paul Norton Elementary School?
Paul Norton Elementary School reports a student body of 74% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Paul Norton Elementary School in?
Paul Norton Elementary School is part of Bettendorf Comm School District.
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