Enrollment
170
Elementary
DISTRICT 156 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TWIN CEDARS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192817001641
Twin Cedars Elementary School
2204 Highway G71, Bussey, IA 50044 · (641) 944-5245 · Marion County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL170 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest 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
14.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
58 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 29 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
Twin Cedars Elementary School→Twin Cedars Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Twin Cedars Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +12.8pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.2% | 59.7% |
% 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
66.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Twin Cedars Elementary School
Twin Cedars Elementary School's state test result (66.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Cedars Elementary School this school | 170 | 34.1% | 66.4% |
| Central City Elementary School Central City | 170 | 33.5% | 72.8% |
| Delhi Elementary School Delhi | 166 | 34.3% | 84.7% |
| Southeast Warren Primary Milo | 162 | 35.8% | 82.1% |
| Clarksville Elementary School Clarksville | 176 | 35.8% | 69.1% |
| H-L-V Elementary School Victor | 168 | 32.1% | 72.5% |
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 Twin Cedars Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #391 of 564 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #415 of 564 ▲ 53 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #245 of 564 ▲ 163 | #3 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 170 | #595 of 705 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #442 of 666 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #81 of 359 | N/A |
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
170
-10 (-6%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 170 | 11.9 | 14.3:1 | 34% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 179 | 10.7 | 16.7:1 | 50% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 10.8 | 18.7:1 | 43% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 180 | 12 | 15.0:1 | 39% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 218 | 13.5 | 16.2:1 | 42% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 196 | 13 | 15.1:1 | 48% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 19 | 12.4:1 | 50% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 23% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 16 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twin Cedars Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (218 to 170); teachers down 12% (13.5 to 11.9).
About Twin Cedars Elementary School
Twin Cedars Elementary School, a small elementary school, is located in Bussey, Iowa. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 170 students in 2024-25. The school is 48% below the average for elementary schools in Iowa.
Twin Cedars Comm School District operates 2 schools. Combined enrollment is 312 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Twin Cedars Elementary School is White, at 93%. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Among Marion County residents, the White share is about 94%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Twin Cedars Elementary School scores 13%.
Twin Cedars Elementary School lists 11.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Iowa is about 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 34% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, Twin Cedars Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 19% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Schools in Iowa with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 74.9%. Twin Cedars Elementary School scores 66.4%.
For Marion County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $78,680, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 17 public schools and about 5,571 students.
The closest school to Twin Cedars Elementary School is Twin Cedars Jr-Sr High School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Twin Cedars Elementary School ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 66.4% against a local average of 72.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 10 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,642
Census ACS
Median income
$78,680
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,571 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Twin Cedars Comm School District
- Twin Cedars Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 142 students
Nearby schools
- Twin Cedars Jr-Sr High School0.1 mi · 142
- Knoxville High School12.0 mi · 508
- Northstar Elementary School12.0 mi · 348
- West Elementary12.0 mi · 485
- Knoxville Middle School12.0 mi · 323
- Pella High School12.7 mi · 801
Frequently asked questions
About Twin Cedars Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Twin Cedars Elementary School?
Twin Cedars Elementary School enrolls approximately 170 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Twin Cedars Elementary School serve?
Twin Cedars Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Twin Cedars Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Twin Cedars Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Twin Cedars Elementary School?
Student demographics at Twin Cedars Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Twin Cedars Elementary School?
Twin Cedars Elementary School is overseen by Twin Cedars Comm School District in Marion County.
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