Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGVILLE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192706001586
Springville Elementary School
400 Academy Street, Springville, IA 52336 · (319) 854-6195 · Linn County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
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
14.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
75 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (32).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Springville Elementary School→Springville Secondary School
Based on grade levels within Springville Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.4%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
80.9%
IA avg 70.9% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.4% | 80.9% |
| 2023-24 | 81.3% | 85.9% |
% 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
80.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Springville Elementary School
Springville Elementary School's state test result (80.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springville Elementary School this school | 294 | 25.5% | 80.0% |
| North Mahaska Elementary School New Sharon | 301 | 25.2% | 79.3% |
| North Butler Elementary Allison | 271 | 26.2% | 76.8% |
| North Linn Elementary Troy Mills | 281 | 23.5% | 77.8% |
| Ogden Elementary School Ogden | 321 | 25.5% | 89.2% |
| Martensdale Elementary School Martensdale | 307 | 24.8% | 81.0% |
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 Springville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #132 of 564 | #8 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #204 of 564 ▼ 110 | #14 of 39 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #159 of 564 ▼ 69 | #11 of 39 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #389 of 705 | #32 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #354 of 561 | #28 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.3% | #554 of 561 | #41 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #548 of 666 | #35 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.7% | #25 of 168 | #3 of 9 |
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
294
+52 (+21%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 294 | 20.9 | 14.1:1 | 26% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 20.2 | 14.1:1 | 26% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 17.9 | 14.1:1 | 25% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 22% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 232 | 14.8 | 15.7:1 | 25% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 168 | 11 | 15.3:1 | 23% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 185 | 14 | 13.2:1 | 29% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 13 | 16.3:1 | 19% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 18 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (232 to 294); teachers up 42% (14.8 to 20.9).
About Springville Elementary School
Springville Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Springville Comm School District, located in Springville, Iowa. In all, 294 students attend the school in pre-K through 6.
Springville Comm School District has 478 students in 2 schools, and Springville Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 96% of students at Springville Elementary School are White. Among people living in Linn County, the White share is about 84%. The diversity index for Springville Elementary School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is close to this figure. Springville Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 26%. For comparison, public schools in Linn County average 40%.
Springville Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 67% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Springville Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (80.0% versus 79.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Iowa.
The county, Linn County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $77,649 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Linn County has 83 public schools with about 36,480 students, including Springville Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Springville Elementary School is closest to Springville Secondary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 75.9%; Springville Elementary School's is 80.0%, ranking 3rd of 8.
Federal data place Springville Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 52 students, from 242 to 294.
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Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Springville Comm School District
- Springville Secondary SchoolHigh · 184 students
Other Springville Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Springville Elementary. Springville Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Springville Elementary SchoolSpringville, AL · 779 students
- Springville Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 742 students
- SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSPRINGVILLE, NY · 497 students
- Springville Elementary SchoolMT LAUREL, NJ · 480 students
- SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 430 students
Nearby schools
- Springville Secondary School0.0 mi · 184
- Linn Grove Elementary School5.7 mi · 385
- Boulder Peak Intermediate School6.3 mi · 613
- Wilkins Elementary School7.1 mi · 348
- Longfellow Elementary7.2 mi · 254
- Francis Marion Intermediate School7.6 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Springville Elementary SchoolHow large is Springville Elementary School?
Springville Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Springville Elementary School serve?
Springville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Springville Elementary School have?
Springville Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Springville Elementary School?
At Springville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Springville Elementary School public or private?
Springville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Springville Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.