Enrollment
107
Elementary
DISTRICT 73 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPSIE VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192976001694
Readlyn Elementary School
200 E 4th St, Readlyn, IA 50668 · (319) 279-3323 · Bremer County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL107 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
22 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 8 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 40% smaller than its 6th grade class (20).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Readlyn Elementary School→Wapsie Valley High School
Based on grade levels within Wapsie Valley Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.7%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
86.9%
IA avg 70.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 86.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 90.9% |
% 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
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Readlyn Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readlyn Elementary School this school | 107 | 20.6% | 82.8% |
| Amana Elementary School Middle Amana | 126 | 23.0% | N/A |
| New Hartford Elementary School New Hartford | 147 | 23.1% | N/A |
| Aurelia Elementary School Aurelia | 124 | 24.2% | N/A |
| Alden Elementary School Alden | 148 | 25.0% | 74.8% |
| Virgil Grissom Elementary School Princeton | 152 | 23.7% | 89.7% |
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 Readlyn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Bremer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #80 of 564 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #82 of 564 ▼ 48 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #170 of 564 ▼ 39 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 107 | #660 of 705 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.6% | #588 of 666 | #5 of 9 |
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
107
-26 (-20%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 121
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 107 | 9.6 | 11.1:1 | 21% (22) |
| 2023-24 | 118 | 9.6 | 12.3:1 | 22% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 123 | 8.7 | 14.1:1 | 28% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 133 | 7 | 19.0:1 | 24% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 130 | 5.5 | 23.6:1 | 17% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 129 | 9 | 14.3:1 | 29% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 140 | 7 | 20.0:1 | 19% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 111 | 7 | 15.9:1 | 18% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 121 | 6 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Readlyn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (130 to 107); teachers up 75% (5.5 to 9.6).
About Readlyn Elementary School
Readlyn Elementary School is a very small elementary school in Readlyn, Iowa, under Wapsie Valley Comm School District. There are 107 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 67% below the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa.
Wapsie Valley Comm School District has a total of 6 schools and 637 students, Readlyn Elementary School among them.
A large majority of enrollment at Readlyn Elementary School is White, at 91%. The school is also 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Bremer County residents, the White share is about 93%. The diversity index for Readlyn Elementary School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Readlyn Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1, with 9.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. The school has 21% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Bremer County is close, at 21%.
Readlyn Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.8%, compared with a predicted 81.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Bremer County area, median household income comes to about $86,784, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Bremer County counts 20 public schools with about 5,346 students.
Readlyn Elementary School is about 4.6 miles from Wapsie Valley High School, its nearest public school. Readlyn Elementary School has 7 other public schools within ten miles. Readlyn Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 82.8% against a local average of 82.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 20% over 4 years, reaching 107 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.0:1 to 11.1:1.
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Bremer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,204
Census ACS
Median income
$86,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wapsie Valley Comm School District
- Wapsie Valley High SchoolHigh · 273 students
- Fairbank Elementary SchoolElementary · 187 students
- Rural Elementary School #1Elementary · 29 students
- Rural Elementary School #2Elementary · 24 students
- Rural Elementary School #4Elementary · 17 students
- Rural Elementary School #3Combined
Nearby schools
- Wapsie Valley High School4.6 mi · 273
- Denver Senior High School5.8 mi · 278
- Denver Middle School5.8 mi · 238
- Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building5.9 mi · 431
- Denver Early Elementary School5.9 mi · 60
- Tripoli Elementary School6.9 mi · 219
Frequently asked questions
About Readlyn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Readlyn Elementary School?
Readlyn Elementary School enrolls approximately 107 students in grades PK-06.
Is Readlyn Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Readlyn Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Readlyn Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Readlyn Elementary School is approximately 11.1:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Readlyn Elementary School?
Student demographics at Readlyn Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Readlyn Elementary School in?
Readlyn Elementary School is part of Wapsie Valley Comm School District.
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