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Enrollment
683
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192640002178
Spalding Park Elementary
4101 Stone Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51106 · (712) 274-4043 · Woodbury County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
435 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 | 51 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
67.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 65.9% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Spalding Park Elementary
Spalding Park Elementary's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spalding Park Elementary this school | 683 | 63.7% | 64.1% |
| Morningside Elementary Sioux City | 645 | 62.8% | 63.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Muscatine | 441 | 68.0% | 55.1% |
| Bryant Elementary School Sioux City | 608 | 71.4% | 61.4% |
| South Tama County Elementary School Tama | 534 | 60.9% | 70.5% |
| Perry Elementary Perry | 816 | 60.0% | 68.8% |
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 Spalding Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #421 of 564 | #9 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #423 of 564 ▲ 11 | #8 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #331 of 564 ▲ 62 | #9 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #14 of 705 | #1 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #316 of 561 | #11 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #27 of 561 | #2 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #104 of 666 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.4% | #98 of 168 | #4 of 7 |
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
683
+56 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 683 | 49.8 | 13.7:1 | 64% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 45.4 | 14.6:1 | 68% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 53.2 | 12.3:1 | 69% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 67% (419) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 40.9 | 15.4:1 | 69% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 73% (476) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spalding Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (630 to 683); teachers up 22% (40.9 to 49.8).
About Spalding Park Elementary
Spalding Park Elementary is a large elementary school in Sioux City Comm School District, located in Sioux City, Iowa. Enrollment stands at 683 students, covering pre-K through 5. It has 110% more students than the average for elementary schools in Iowa (about 325).
Spalding Park Elementary is in Sioux City Comm School District, a district with 14,189 students across 21 schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Spalding Park Elementary is White, with 37% of students. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Pacific Islander, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 71% White. The diversity index for Spalding Park Elementary is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 64% of the student body.
Spalding Park Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Iowa public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Spalding Park Elementary is 4.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 64.1%. Predicted: 60.1%.
Woodbury County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $73,658, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 37 public schools in the county, enrolling about 18,210, Spalding Park Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Morningside Elementary is closest at about 1.1 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Spalding Park Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 627 (2020-21) to 683 (2024-25).
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Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux City Comm School District
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other schools in Sioux City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Nearby schools
- Morningside Elementary1.1 mi · 645
- Sunnyside Elementary School1.5 mi · 244
- East Middle School1.7 mi · 1,076
- East High School2.1 mi · 1,495
- Unity Elementary School2.2 mi · 483
- Nodland Elementary School2.2 mi · 249
Frequently asked questions
About Spalding Park ElementaryHow large is Spalding Park Elementary?
Spalding Park Elementary enrolls approximately 683 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Spalding Park Elementary serve?
Spalding Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Spalding Park Elementary?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Spalding Park Elementary.
How diverse is Spalding Park Elementary?
Spalding Park Elementary reports a student body of 37% White, 35% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Spalding Park Elementary?
Spalding Park Elementary is overseen by Sioux City Comm School District in Woodbury County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.