Sawyer Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary school in Ames, Iowa, Sawyer Elementary School educates 371 students from grades K through 5, part of Ames Comm School District.

Within Ames Comm School District, which oversees 8 schools and 4,688 students, Sawyer Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sawyer Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Story County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Sawyer Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Story County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Sawyer Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.9%; this one delivers 71.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Story County indicate median household income runs about $69,685, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Story County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,665 students), Sawyer Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Edwards Elementary School, roughly 1.3 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sawyer Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 73.6%.

Sawyer Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sawyer Elementary School's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 371). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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