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Which teacher or staff member at Timber Ridge Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 648 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191545001412
Timber Ridge Elementary
7370 NW 54th AVE, Johnston, IA 50131 · (515) 331-4379 · Polk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
182 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Based on grade levels within Johnston Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
77.1%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.5% | 77.1% |
| 2023-24 | 69.6% | 77.3% |
% 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
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Timber Ridge Elementary
Timber Ridge Elementary's state test result (73.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Ridge Elementary this school | 667 | 27.3% | 73.9% |
| Lawson Elementary School Johnston | 545 | 33.2% | 78.1% |
| Brookview Elementary School West Des Moines | 592 | 22.0% | 82.0% |
| Woodland Hills Elementary School West Des Moines | 578 | 21.6% | 83.3% |
| Riverdale Heights Elem School Bettendorf | 628 | 19.9% | 87.7% |
| Fellows Elementary School Ames | 489 | 28.8% | 83.5% |
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 Timber Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #261 of 564 | #29 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #276 of 564 ▼ 17 | #31 of 78 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #232 of 564 ▲ 67 | #31 of 78 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #16 of 705 | #4 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #357 of 561 | #46 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #141 of 561 | #45 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #534 of 666 | #67 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #207 of 359 | #37 of 64 |
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
667
+31 (+5%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 667 | 47.3 | 14.1:1 | 27% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 45.8 | 14.5:1 | 34% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 46.5 | 14.2:1 | 33% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 23% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 44.2 | 17.1:1 | 22% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 42 | 16.8:1 | 19% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 18% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Timber Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (754 to 667); teachers up 7% (44.2 to 47.3).
About Timber Ridge Elementary
A large elementary school in Johnston, Iowa, Timber Ridge Elementary is part of Johnston Comm School District. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 667 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Iowa enroll about 325 students on average.
Besides Timber Ridge Elementary, Johnston Comm School District runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 7,339 students.
Of every 100 students at Timber Ridge Elementary, about 60 are White. Other reported shares: 14% Asian, 10% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Polk County's residents are about 76% White, 16 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Timber Ridge Elementary scores 60%.
Its ratio of 14.1:1 is based on 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 27%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Polk County is 49%.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 78.3%. Timber Ridge Elementary scores 73.9%.
For the population of Polk County, median household income comes to about $83,576, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Polk County's 137 public schools enroll about 77,436 students and include Timber Ridge Elementary.
A public school about 1.3 miles away, Urbandale Middle School, is the closest to Timber Ridge Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 73.9% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.5:1 in 2020-21, and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Timber Ridge Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnston Comm School District
- Johnston Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,820 students
- Johnston Middle SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,118 students
- Henry A Wallace Elementary SchoolElementary · 840 students
- Horizon ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Beaver Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
Other schools in Johnston
- Johnston Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,820 students
- Johnston Middle SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Summit Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,118 students
- Henry A Wallace Elementary SchoolElementary · 840 students
- Horizon ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Beaver Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
Other Timber Ridge Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Timber Ridge Elementary. Timber Ridge Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolKILLEEN, TX · 717 students
- Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolMcDonough, GA · 713 students
- Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 621 students
- Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolSNOQUALMIE, WA · 607 students
- Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Urbandale Middle School1.3 mi · 892
- Urbandale High School1.3 mi · 1,301
- Johnston Middle School1.4 mi · 1,161
- Olmsted Elementary School1.5 mi · 622
- Henry A Wallace Elementary School1.5 mi · 840
- Lawson Elementary School1.7 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Timber Ridge ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Timber Ridge Elementary?
Timber Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 667 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Timber Ridge Elementary serve?
Timber Ridge Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Timber Ridge Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Timber Ridge Elementary is approximately 14.1:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Timber Ridge Elementary?
At Timber Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 60% White, 9% Hispanic, 10% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Timber Ridge Elementary?
Timber Ridge Elementary is overseen by Johnston Comm School District in Polk County.
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