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Springville Elementary School

400 Academy Street, Springville, IA 52336 · (319) 854-6195 · Linn County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 325
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K4716%
Kindergarten3713%
Grade 13512%
Grade 23913%
Grade 33111%
Grade 44114%
Grade 53211%
Grade 63211%
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%
White
28396%
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 70% · US 43%
Hispanic
41%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 14% · US 30%
Black
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 7% · US 15%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
14048%
Female
15452%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Springville Elementary SchoolSpringville Secondary School
Based on grade levels within Springville Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ISASP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2579.4%80.9%
2023-2481.3%85.9%
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
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 →

Where Springville Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IowaIn 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#14 of 39
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
79.4%#159 of 564#11 of 39
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
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.

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
294
+62 (+27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.7:1
% White
96%
was 92%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree or reduced lunch
2024-2529420.914.1:126% (75)
2023-2428520.214.1:126% (74)
2022-2325317.914.1:125% (63)
2017-1823214.815.7:125% (58)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springville Elementary School.

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 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 7 years, enrollment increased by 62 students, from 232 to 294. Over the same years, the White share grew from 92% to 96%. In 2017-18, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.1:1.

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Linn County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Springville Elementary School
District
Springville Comm School District
Address
400 Academy Street, Springville, IA 52336
Phone
(319) 854-6195
County
Linn County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
294
Teachers (FTE)
21
Student–teacher ratio
14.1:1
Free/Reduced lunch
75 (26%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
192706001586
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Springville Elementary School
How 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.
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