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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVENPORT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190858001881
Truman Elementary School
5506 N Pine, Davenport, IA 52806 · (563) 723-6900 · Scott County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
253 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
53.8%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 53.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 56.4% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Truman Elementary School
Truman Elementary School's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truman Elementary School this school | 434 | 58.3% | 53.1% |
| Harrison Elementary School Davenport | 459 | 52.1% | 66.6% |
| Adams Elementary School Davenport | 498 | 57.2% | 48.8% |
| Kenwood Leadership Academy School Cedar Rapids | 386 | 60.4% | 59.0% |
| Garfield Elementary School Davenport | 393 | 59.0% | 47.9% |
| Perkins Elementary School Des Moines | 438 | 62.8% | 63.9% |
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 Truman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #488 of 564 | #24 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #501 of 564 ▼ 9 | #25 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #499 of 564 ▼ 13 | #27 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #175 of 705 | #10 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #178 of 561 | #8 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #31 of 561 | #5 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #141 of 666 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.6% | #46 of 168 | #3 of 11 |
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
434
+79 (+22%) vs 2020
+197% since 1990-91, when it was 146
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 434 | 34.3 | 12.7:1 | 58% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 35.7 | 14.0:1 | 55% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 25.9 | 13.4:1 | 45% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 46% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 31.2 | 11.8:1 | 58% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 61% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 61% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 372 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 37% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 146 | 22 | 6.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Truman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (369 to 434); teachers up 10% (31.2 to 34.3).
About Truman Elementary School
Truman Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Davenport Comm School District, located in Davenport, Iowa. It reports enrollment of 434 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 34% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Iowa.
Davenport Comm School District runs 27 schools with a combined 12,812 students. Truman Elementary School is one of them.
At Truman Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 43%. Other groups include 25% Black, 15% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Scott County residents are about 79% White. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Truman Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Iowa, 13.7:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 58%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Scott County is 38%.
Truman Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Truman Elementary School would be expected to post about 62.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.1%.
The school is in Scott County, where the median household earns about $78,277 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Scott County, 53 public schools serve about 26,100 students.
Measured in a straight line, Wood Middle School is about 0.7 miles from Truman Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Truman Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 22%.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davenport Comm School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Sudlow Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
Other schools in Davenport
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,288 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,190 students
- Sudlow Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Wood Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 577 students
Other Truman Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 7 states are named Truman Elementary. Truman Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- Truman Elementary SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 696 students
- TRUMAN ELEM.NEVADA, MO · 512 students
- TRUMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLACKAWANNA, NY · 404 students
- TRUMAN ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 316 students
- Truman Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Wood Middle School0.7 mi · 629
- Fillmore Elementary School1.3 mi · 388
- Harrison Elementary School1.3 mi · 459
- North High School1.7 mi · 1,190
- Mid City High1.7 mi · 306
- Williams Middle School1.9 mi · 577
Frequently asked questions
About Truman Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Truman Elementary School?
Truman Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-05.
Is Truman Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Truman Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Truman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Truman Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Truman Elementary School?
Student demographics at Truman Elementary School are roughly 43% White, 13% Hispanic, 25% Black, 4% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Truman Elementary School?
Truman Elementary School is overseen by Davenport Comm School District in Scott County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.