Enrollment
112
Elementary
DISTRICT 122 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VILLISCA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192928001675
Sylvia Enarson Elementary School
219 Central Avenue, Villisca, IA 50864 · (712) 826-5982 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL112 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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
11.5:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
58 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 19 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (15).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Sylvia Enarson Elementary School→Southwest Valley Middle School
Based on grade levels within Villisca Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
78.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 78.6% |
| 2023-24 | 74.4% | 76.9% |
% 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
73.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Sylvia Enarson Elementary School
Sylvia Enarson Elementary School's state test result (73.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvia Enarson Elementary School this school | 112 | 51.8% | 73.6% |
| Tri-County Elementary School Thornburg | 102 | 50.0% | 63.2% |
| North Union Elementary Fenton | 130 | 54.6% | N/A |
| Ar-We-Va Elementary Community School Westside | 141 | 48.2% | 83.5% |
| Graettinger-Terril Elementary School Terril | 149 | 53.7% | N/A |
| Walcott Elementary School Walcott | 150 | 52.0% | 70.9% |
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 Sylvia Enarson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #270 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #248 of 564 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #341 of 564 ▼ 126 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 112 | #657 of 705 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #194 of 666 |
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
112
-2 (-2%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 238
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 112 | 9.8 | 11.5:1 | 52% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 119 | 9.2 | 12.9:1 | 58% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 130 | 10 | 13.0:1 | 62% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 114 | 10 | 11.4:1 | 59% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 133 | 9.6 | 13.8:1 | 47% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 145 | 9 | 16.1:1 | 48% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 160 | 11 | 14.6:1 | 63% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 189 | 16 | 11.8:1 | 38% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 238 | 15 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvia Enarson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (133 to 112); teachers up 2% (9.6 to 9.8).
About Sylvia Enarson Elementary School
Sylvia Enarson Elementary School is a very small elementary school in Villisca, Iowa, (ZIP code 50864). The school enrolls 112 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.
Villisca Comm School District enrolls 243 students in 2 schools, including Sylvia Enarson Elementary School.
The share of students at Sylvia Enarson Elementary School who are White is 95%. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic. Montgomery County residents are about 92% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
There are 9.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.5:1. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Of all students at Sylvia Enarson Elementary School, 52% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Sylvia Enarson Elementary School outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 66.0%. Sylvia Enarson Elementary School scores 73.6%.
In the wider Montgomery County area, the median household earns about $63,666 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Sylvia Enarson Elementary School shares Montgomery County with 6 other public schools.
Southwest Valley Middle School is about 0.4 miles from Sylvia Enarson Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within ten miles. On state test proficiency, Sylvia Enarson Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Sylvia Enarson Elementary School enrolled 114; in 2024-25, 112.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,214
Census ACS
Median income
$63,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Villisca Comm School District
- Southwest Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 131 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest Valley Middle School0.4 mi · 131
- Stanton Elementary School7.1 mi · 145
- Stanton High School7.1 mi · 153
- Corning Elementary School13.2 mi · 210
- Southwest Valley High school13.2 mi · 195
- Clarinda High School13.9 mi · 511
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvia Enarson Elementary SchoolHow large is Sylvia Enarson Elementary School?
Sylvia Enarson Elementary School enrolls approximately 112 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sylvia Enarson Elementary School serve?
Sylvia Enarson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Sylvia Enarson Elementary School have?
Sylvia Enarson Elementary School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
How diverse is Sylvia Enarson Elementary School?
Sylvia Enarson Elementary School reports a student body of 95% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Sylvia Enarson Elementary School public or private?
Sylvia Enarson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Villisca Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.