Enrollment
269
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VINTON-SHELLSBURG COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192931001476
Shellsburg Elementary School
203 Tomahawk Trail, Shellsburg, IA 52332 · (319) 436-4728 · Benton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B+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
13.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
145 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 47 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 13 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 45% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 89% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Based on grade levels within Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.6%
IA avg 73.6% . -10.3pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.9% | 81.6% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% 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 13 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 Shellsburg Elementary School
Shellsburg Elementary School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shellsburg Elementary School this school | 269 | 53.9% | 78.0% |
| GMG Elementary School Green Mountain | 271 | 52.4% | N/A |
| Van Buren County Community School District Douds Center Douds | 292 | 51.0% | 69.5% |
| Bedford Elementary School Bedford | 269 | 58.0% | 86.6% |
| West Central PK - 8 School Maynard | 236 | 50.4% | 67.5% |
| Eddyville Elementary Eddyville | 274 | 49.3% | 78.0% |
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 Shellsburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #168 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #255 of 564 ▼ 78 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #349 of 564 ▼ 216 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #441 of 705 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #276 of 561 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #501 of 561 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #173 of 666 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #102 of 168 | 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
269
+30 (+13%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 269 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 54% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 250 | 21.8 | 11.4:1 | 42% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 19.3 | 12.1:1 | 42% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 19 | 12.6:1 | 48% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 18.3 | 13.8:1 | 45% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 40% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 21 | 13.4:1 | 38% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 26% (87) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shellsburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (251 to 269); teachers up 10% (18.3 to 20).
About Shellsburg Elementary School
Shellsburg Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District in Shellsburg, Iowa. It reports enrollment of 269 students in pre-K through 5.
Shellsburg Elementary School is a school in Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District. The district has 4 schools and 1,558 students.
By race and ethnicity, Shellsburg Elementary School is 93% White. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Benton County overall, the White share is about 95%. The diversity index for Shellsburg Elementary School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 20 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.4:1. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is close to this figure. On the income side, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Benton County is 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Shellsburg Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 85% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Shellsburg Elementary School is a top-10% school in Iowa on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.0% with an actual 78.0%.
The school's county is Benton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $86,962, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 12 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,919, Shellsburg Elementary School among them.
Atkins Elementary School is the nearest public school to Shellsburg Elementary School, about 7.1 miles away. Within ten miles of Shellsburg Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Shellsburg Elementary School is behind the 81.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
Shellsburg Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 239 to 269, a 13% gain.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,724
Census ACS
Median income
$86,962
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District
- Tilford Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Vinton-Shellsburg High SchoolHigh · 414 students
- Vinton-Shellsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Atkins Elementary School7.1 mi · 394
- Center Point-Urbana Primary School7.5 mi · 365
- Center Point-Urbana High School7.6 mi · 440
- Center Point-Urbana Middle School7.8 mi · 290
- Vinton-Shellsburg High School8.6 mi · 414
- Tilford Elementary School8.7 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Shellsburg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shellsburg Elementary School?
Shellsburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shellsburg Elementary School serve?
Shellsburg Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Shellsburg Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Shellsburg Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Shellsburg Elementary School?
Student demographics at Shellsburg Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Shellsburg Elementary School in?
Shellsburg Elementary School is part of Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District.
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