Enrollment
159
Elementary
DISTRICT 143 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHALLER-CRESTLAND COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192538001450
Schaller-Crestland Elementary
300 S Berwick, Schaller, IA 51053 · (712) 275-4267 · Sac County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest 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
12.2:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
80 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 17 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (21).
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Schaller-Crestland Elementary→Schaller-Crestland Ridge View Middle School
Based on grade levels within Schaller-Crestland Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
90.8%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.3pp 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 91 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.6% | 90.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 91.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Schaller-Crestland Elementary
Schaller-Crestland Elementary's state test result (85.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaller-Crestland Elementary this school | 159 | 50.3% | 85.8% |
| Carson Elementary Carson | 134 | 48.5% | 65.2% |
| Laurens-Marathon Elementary School Laurens | 147 | 40.8% | 42.5% |
| Albert City-Truesdale Elementary School Albert City | 100 | 51.0% | 76.3% |
| Sioux Central Elementary School Sioux Rapids | 229 | 45.4% | 71.4% |
| Pleasant View Elementary School Webster City | 210 | 51.0% | N/A |
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 Schaller-Crestland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #38 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.8% | #33 of 564 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #124 of 564 ▲ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #612 of 705 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #213 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #78 of 359 |
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
159
-30 (-16%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 187
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 159 | 13 | 12.2:1 | 50% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 170 | 13.1 | 13.0:1 | 51% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 182 | 14.1 | 12.9:1 | 48% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | 13 | 14.5:1 | 57% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 13.5 | 15.1:1 | 58% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 53% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 189 | 13 | 14.5:1 | 53% (100) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 37% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 187 | 11 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schaller-Crestland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (204 to 159); teachers down 3% (13.5 to 13).
About Schaller-Crestland Elementary
A low-enrollment elementary school in Schaller, Iowa, Schaller-Crestland Elementary is part of Schaller-Crestland Comm School District. Enrollment is 159 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is about 325 students, so this school is 51% smaller than average.
Schaller-Crestland Comm School District counts 2 schools and 285 students, including Schaller-Crestland Elementary.
By race and ethnicity, Schaller-Crestland Elementary is 65% White. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 8% Pacific Islander, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 93% White among all Sac County residents. Schaller-Crestland Elementary has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 13 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. Among elementary schools in Iowa, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. Eligible students account for 50% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That rate is above the 42% average among public schools in Sac County.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Schaller-Crestland Elementary receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in Iowa with Schaller-Crestland Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 66.8%. Schaller-Crestland Elementary scores 85.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Sac County, median household income is about $73,838, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. A total of 6 public schools operate in Sac County, serving about 1,362 students.
Galva-Holstein Upper Elementary is the public school closest to Schaller-Crestland Elementary, about 5.9 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 65.7%; Schaller-Crestland Elementary's is 85.8%, ranking 1st of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 159 was 16% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 189. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.2:1, from 14.5:1.
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Sac County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,689
Census ACS
Median income
$73,838
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,362 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Schaller-Crestland Comm School District
- Schaller-Crestland Ridge View Middle SchoolMiddle · 126 students
Nearby schools
- Galva-Holstein Upper Elementary5.9 mi · 105
- Schaller-Crestland Ridge View Middle School7.6 mi · 126
- Storm Lake Elementary10.9 mi · 822
- Storm Lake Middle School11.0 mi · 651
- Storm Lake Early Elementary School11.3 mi · 437
- Alta-Aurelia High School11.6 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Schaller-Crestland ElementaryHow large is Schaller-Crestland Elementary?
Schaller-Crestland Elementary enrolls approximately 159 students in grades PK-05.
Is Schaller-Crestland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Schaller-Crestland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Schaller-Crestland Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Schaller-Crestland Elementary is approximately 12.2:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Schaller-Crestland Elementary?
Student demographics at Schaller-Crestland Elementary are roughly 65% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Schaller-Crestland Elementary?
Schaller-Crestland Elementary is overseen by Schaller-Crestland Comm School District in Sac County.
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