Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHENANDOAH COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192607001478
Shenandoah Elementary School
601 Dr. Creighton Circle, Shenandoah, IA 51601 · (712) 246-2520 · Page County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
163 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (78).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Shenandoah Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 76.5% | 76.5% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Shenandoah Elementary School
Shenandoah Elementary School's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenandoah Elementary School this school | 349 | 46.7% | 75.2% |
| Franklin Elementary School Boone | 329 | 45.9% | 77.1% |
| Pekin Elementary School Packwood | 308 | 45.1% | 73.7% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Newton | 380 | 45.0% | 75.0% |
| West Monona Elementary Onawa | 352 | 44.3% | 68.9% |
| Central Elementary Elkader | 292 | 47.3% | 80.4% |
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 Shenandoah Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #237 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #314 of 564 ▼ 38 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #280 of 564 ▼ 106 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #292 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #48 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #428 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #258 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #34 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
349
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
+260% since 1990-91, when it was 97
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 349 | 31.5 | 11.1:1 | 47% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 31.1 | 11.3:1 | 48% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 27.4 | 13.7:1 | 39% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 57% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 490 | 34.2 | 14.3:1 | 54% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 58% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 54% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 84 | 6 | 14.0:1 | 30% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 97 | 5 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shenandoah Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (490 to 349); teachers down 8% (34.2 to 31.5).
About Shenandoah Elementary School
Shenandoah Elementary School is one of the public schools in Shenandoah, Iowa. It is a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 349 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 4.
Shenandoah Elementary School is part of a district of 5 schools: Shenandoah Comm School District, with 1,227 students.
At Shenandoah Elementary School, White students make up 89% of the student body. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 92% White share among all Page County residents. Shenandoah Elementary School has a diversity index of 20%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 47%.
allk12 grades Shenandoah Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 68.6%. Shenandoah Elementary School scores 75.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Page County, median household income is about $57,953, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 11 public schools operate in Page County, serving about 2,557 students.
Nearby, Shenandoah Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Ranked by average proficiency, Shenandoah Elementary School places 3rd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Shenandoah Elementary School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 349, 5% below the 366 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 13.1:1 to 11.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Shenandoah Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Page County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,131
Census ACS
Median income
$57,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shenandoah Comm School District
- Shenandoah High SchoolHigh · 300 students
- Shenandoah Middle SchoolMiddle · 280 students
- IGNITE Online & Personalized LearningCombined · 211 students
- Logan PreschoolElementary · 87 students
Other schools in Shenandoah
- Shenandoah High SchoolHigh · 300 students
- Shenandoah Middle SchoolMiddle · 280 students
- IGNITE Online & Personalized LearningCombined · 211 students
- Logan PreschoolElementary · 87 students
Other Shenandoah Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Shenandoah Elementary. Shenandoah Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolSarahsville, OH · 809 students
- SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 805 students
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolMiddletown, IN · 630 students
- Shenandoah Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 584 students
- SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 403 students
Nearby schools
- Shenandoah Middle School0.0 mi · 280
- IGNITE Online & Personalized Learning0.3 mi · 211
- Shenandoah High School0.3 mi · 300
- Logan Preschool0.7 mi · 87
- Essex Junior-Senior High School6.1 mi · 87
- Essex Elementary School6.1 mi · 101
Frequently asked questions
About Shenandoah Elementary SchoolHow large is Shenandoah Elementary School?
Shenandoah Elementary School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Shenandoah Elementary School serve?
Shenandoah Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Shenandoah Elementary School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Shenandoah Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shenandoah Elementary School?
At Shenandoah Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Shenandoah Elementary School public or private?
Shenandoah Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shenandoah Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.