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Table Mound Elementary School
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 58 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 down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Table Mound Elementary School
Table Mound Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary-level community in Dubuque, Iowa, one of the schools within Dubuque Comm School District. The school educates 425 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Table Mound Elementary School sits 31% larger than that benchmark.
Table Mound Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Dubuque Comm School District, a district that works with 9,843 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Table Mound Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Dubuque County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, Table Mound Elementary School shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Table Mound Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.9%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dubuque County put median household earnings sit near $77,630, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Table Mound Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Dubuque County (combined enrollment of about 13,164 students).
Bryant Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Table Mound Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 61.6%.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Looking at the recent track record. Table Mound Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 425). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.
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