Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COUNCIL BLUFFS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190822000433
Rue Elementary School
3326 6th Avenue, Council Bluffs, IA 51501 · (712) 328-6540 · Pottawattamie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
166 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 65 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -9.5pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.4% | 67.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 70% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Rue Elementary School
Rue Elementary School's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rue Elementary School this school | 385 | 43.1% | 54.8% |
| Franklin Elementary School Council Bluffs | 421 | 45.4% | 61.0% |
| Edison Elementary School Council Bluffs | 384 | 46.4% | 59.8% |
| Early Childhood Center Fort Dodge | 376 | 42.0% | N/A |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Council Bluffs | 455 | 44.6% | 54.4% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Council Bluffs | 431 | 45.7% | 53.6% |
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 Rue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Pottawattamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #479 of 564 | #13 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #492 of 564 ▼ 78 | #16 of 16 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #526 of 564 ▼ 59 | #16 of 16 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #241 of 705 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #474 of 561 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #205 of 561 | #1 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.1% | #316 of 666 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #92 of 168 | #3 of 6 |
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
385
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 385 | 25.1 | 15.3:1 | 43% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 27.1 | 13.2:1 | 54% (192) |
| 2022-23 | 372 | 32 | 11.6:1 | 56% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 73% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 22.5 | 15.7:1 | 70% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 69% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 68% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 31% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 20 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (352 to 385); teachers up 12% (22.5 to 25.1).
About Rue Elementary School
This page covers Rue Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Enrollment stands at 385 students, covering pre-K through 5.
Rue Elementary School falls under Council Bluffs Comm School District, which has 15 schools enrolling 8,299 students.
About 66% of the student body at Rue Elementary School is White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. By comparison, Pottawattamie County residents are about 88% White. A diversity index of 51% means there is a 51% chance two randomly chosen students at Rue Elementary School are from different groups.
The school lists 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 43% of the student body.
Rue Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 8% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Rue Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 54.8%. Predicted: 70.4%. Difference: 15.6 points.
Pottawattamie County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $73,602, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 35 public schools in the county, enrolling about 15,270, Rue Elementary School among them.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Franklin Elementary School, is the closest to Rue Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Rue Elementary School is behind the 56.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 6.
In the federal locale system, Rue Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 368 (2020-21) to 385 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.3:1) than in 2020-21 (14.2:1).
This page collects posts and questions about Rue Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Pottawattamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
93,424
Census ACS
Median income
$73,602
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
15,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Council Bluffs Comm School District
- Abraham Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,146 students
- Gerald W Kirn Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- College View ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
Other schools in Council Bluffs
- Abraham Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,146 students
- Lewis Central Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,020 students
- Gerald W Kirn Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Titan Hill Intermediate SchoolElementary · 901 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Elementary School0.6 mi · 421
- Thomas Jefferson High School0.9 mi · 1,146
- Edison Elementary School1.1 mi · 384
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School1.6 mi · 855
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.7 mi · 455
- PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Rue Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rue Elementary School?
Rue Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rue Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rue Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rue Elementary School have?
Rue Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Rue Elementary School?
Rue Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Rue Elementary School public or private?
Rue Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Council Bluffs Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.