Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 146 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIDNEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192625001488
Sidney Elementary School
1004 Illinois St, Sidney, IA 51652 · (712) 374-2647 · Fremont County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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
15.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
139 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 37 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 37% smaller than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Sidney Elementary School→Sidney High School
Based on grade levels within Sidney Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
76.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
85.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.8% | 85.9% |
| 2023-24 | 70.1% | 78.6% |
% 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
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% 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 14 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 Sidney Elementary School
Sidney Elementary School's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Elementary School this school | 241 | 57.7% | 77.3% |
| George-Little Rock Elementary School Little Rock | 232 | 54.3% | 87.3% |
| Fairview Park Elementary Spencer | 249 | 59.8% | N/A |
| Van Allen Elementary School Chariton | 292 | 59.9% | 65.7% |
| RRMR Elementary School Rockford | 235 | 57.4% | 69.2% |
| Lamoni Elementary School Lamoni | 191 | 57.6% | 59.1% |
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 Sidney Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #185 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #104 of 564 ▲ 126 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #214 of 564 ▲ 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #496 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #507 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #366 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #146 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #239 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
241
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 241 | 15.1 | 15.9:1 | 58% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 15.2 | 17.6:1 | 54% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 19.2 | 14.7:1 | 48% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 51% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 264 | 16.2 | 16.4:1 | 51% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 18 | 13.1:1 | 44% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 15 | 12.7:1 | 46% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | 21 | 11.0:1 | 44% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 13 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sidney Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (264 to 241); teachers down 6% (16.2 to 15.1).
About Sidney Elementary School
In Sidney, Iowa, part of Fremont County, Sidney Elementary School is an elementary school. It teaches 241 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Iowa have about 325 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
A total of 3 schools make up Sidney Comm School District, with 438 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Sidney Elementary School, about 85 are White. It is also 10% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
There are 15.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.9:1. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Of all students at Sidney Elementary School, 58% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 12 points above the 46% average for public schools in Fremont County.
Sidney Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sidney Elementary School would score about 63.1%. It scores 77.3%, a top-10% result among Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Fremont County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,621 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Fremont County number 8, with about 1,104 students.
Sidney High School sits about 0.9 miles from Sidney Elementary School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Sidney Elementary School is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 254 to 241. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.1:1 to 15.9:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the Sidney Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fremont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,514
Census ACS
Median income
$71,621
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sidney Comm School District
- Sidney High SchoolHigh · 196 students
- Sidney Virtual SAC SchoolCombined · 1 students
Other schools in Sidney
- Sidney High SchoolHigh · 196 students
- Sidney Virtual SAC SchoolCombined · 1 students
Other Sidney Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sidney Elementary. Sidney Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSIDNEY, NY · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Sidney High School0.9 mi · 196
- Sidney Virtual SAC School0.9 mi · 1
- Hamburg Charter High School9.3 mi · 58
- Hamburg Middle School9.3 mi · 31
- Marnie Simons Elementary School9.3 mi · 102
- Fremont-Mills Elementary School9.3 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About Sidney Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sidney Elementary School?
Sidney Elementary School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Sidney Elementary School serve?
Sidney Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Sidney Elementary School have?
Sidney Elementary School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Sidney Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sidney Elementary School are roughly 85% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sidney Elementary School in?
Sidney Elementary School is part of Sidney Comm School District.
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