Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 249 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PCM COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 199901702062
Prairie City Elementary School
309 East Plainsmen Road, Prairie City, IA 50228 · (515) 994-8222 · Jasper County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% 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.
- C-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
14.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
66 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 71 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 40% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 31% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PCM Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 down about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 78.1% |
% 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
73.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Prairie City Elementary School
Prairie City Elementary School's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie City Elementary School this school | 240 | 27.5% | 73.1% |
| Monroe Elementary School Monroe | 257 | 25.3% | 50.0% |
| Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School Dysart | 219 | 30.1% | N/A |
| Highland Elementary School Riverside | 242 | 25.2% | 57.0% |
| Baxter Elementary School Baxter | 209 | 30.1% | 74.8% |
| North Butler Elementary Allison | 271 | 26.2% | 76.8% |
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 Prairie City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Jasper County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #278 of 564 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #354 of 564 ▼ 104 | #7 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #298 of 564 ▼ 46 | #5 of 9 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #497 of 705 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #360 of 561 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.9% | #491 of 561 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.5% | #532 of 666 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #267 of 359 | N/A |
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
240
0 (0%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 240 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 28% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 28% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 21.9 | 14.6:1 | 25% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 17 | 14.1:1 | 20% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 16.9 | 15.2:1 | 24% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 24% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 25% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 219 | 17 | 12.9:1 | 11% (24) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie City Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (256 to 240); teachers unchanged (16.9 to 17).
About Prairie City Elementary School
Prairie City Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Prairie City, Iowa, under PCM Comm School District. Total enrollment is 240 students, and the grades served are 3 through 5. That is 26% below the average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
PCM Comm School District enrolls 1,077 students in 4 schools, including Prairie City Elementary School.
White students are 92% of those enrolled at Prairie City Elementary School. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic. That is in line with Jasper County, where about 92% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
Staffing at Prairie City Elementary School comes to 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.2:1. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. On the income side, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Jasper County average 40%.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Prairie City Elementary School outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Prairie City Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 73.1% is 5.1 points below the 78.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jasper County show that the median household earns about $71,311 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Jasper County, 18 public schools serve about 5,668 students.
Prairie City Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from PCM Middle School, its nearest public school. Prairie City Elementary School has 7 other public schools within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Prairie City Elementary School at 6th of 9.
Prairie City Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
Federal data show 240 students in 2020-21 and 240 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
This page is set up for the Prairie City Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Jasper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,954
Census ACS
Median income
$71,311
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,668 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PCM Comm School District
- PCM High SchoolHigh · 348 students
- Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
- PCM Middle SchoolMiddle · 232 students
Nearby schools
- PCM Middle School0.1 mi · 232
- Colfax-Mingo Elementary School5.6 mi · 399
- Colfax-Mingo Jr/Sr High School5.8 mi · 287
- Monroe Elementary School8.2 mi · 257
- Runnells Elementary8.2 mi · 260
- Mitchellville Elementary8.6 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie City Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie City Elementary School?
Prairie City Elementary School enrolls approximately 240 students in grades 03-05.
Is Prairie City Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie City Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie City Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie City Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairie City Elementary School?
At Prairie City Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Prairie City Elementary School public or private?
Prairie City Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PCM Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.