Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA FALLS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191473000907
Rock Run Elementary
710 North St, Iowa Falls, IA 50126 · (641) 648-6420 · Hardin County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
117 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 2 | 74 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 25% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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 Iowa Falls Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
82.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
86.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 82 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 are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.1% | 86.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.3% | 84.4% |
% 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
80.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Rock Run Elementary
Rock Run Elementary's state test result (80.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Run Elementary this school | 292 | 40.1% | 80.0% |
| Pineview Elementary Iowa Falls | 281 | 40.2% | N/A |
| Ledges Elementary School Boone | 336 | 40.8% | N/A |
| Cascade Elementary School Cascade | 305 | 37.0% | 78.2% |
| Harlan Intermediate School Harlan | 309 | 43.4% | 68.7% |
| Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School Brooklyn | 300 | 39.7% | 76.2% |
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 Rock Run Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Hardin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #133 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #83 of 564 ▲ 31 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #116 of 564 ▲ 77 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #399 of 705 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #12 of 561 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #359 of 561 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #365 of 666 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #184 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
292
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 292 | 28.5 | 10.3:1 | 40% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 30.6 | 9.7:1 | 45% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 29.9 | 9.8:1 | 43% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 50% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 18.3 | 18.3:1 | 38% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 241 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 47% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 17 | 15.0:1 | 44% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | 27% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Run Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (334 to 292); teachers up 56% (18.3 to 28.5).
About Rock Run Elementary
In Iowa Falls, Iowa, part of Hardin County, Rock Run Elementary is an elementary school. Federal data show 292 students enrolled in grades 2 through 5 in 2024-25.
Rock Run Elementary is one school in a 4-school district, Iowa Falls Comm School District, which enrolls 1,228 students.
The share of students at Rock Run Elementary who are White is 85%. Other students are 9% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Rock Run Elementary are from different groups.
The school's 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Rock Run Elementary, 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 38% average for public schools in Hardin County.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Rock Run Elementary outscored 83%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Rock Run Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (80.0%) and its predicted rate (71.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
Looking at the county, Hardin County, median household income comes to about $65,069, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 14 public schools and about 3,073 students.
Riverbend Middle School is about 0.4 miles from Rock Run Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Rock Run Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 295 in 2020-21 and 292 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.3:1, from 16.4:1.
This page is set up for the Rock Run Elementary community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hardin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,639
Census ACS
Median income
$65,069
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
3,073 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa Falls Comm School District
- Iowa Falls - Alden High SchoolHigh · 398 students
- Pineview ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Riverbend Middle SchoolMiddle · 257 students
Other schools in Iowa Falls
- Iowa Falls - Alden High SchoolHigh · 398 students
- Pineview ElementaryElementary · 281 students
- Riverbend Middle SchoolMiddle · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Riverbend Middle School0.4 mi · 257
- Iowa Falls - Alden High School0.5 mi · 398
- Pineview Elementary0.9 mi · 281
- Alden Elementary School5.5 mi · 148
- The Cougars Den11.1 mi · 35
- AGWSR Elementary School11.1 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Run ElementaryHow large is Rock Run Elementary?
Rock Run Elementary enrolls approximately 292 students in grades 02-05.
What age range does Rock Run Elementary serve?
Rock Run Elementary serves students from grade 02 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rock Run Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rock Run Elementary is approximately 10.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rock Run Elementary?
At Rock Run Elementary, the student body is approximately 85% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Rock Run Elementary in?
Rock Run Elementary is part of Iowa Falls Comm School District.
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