Enrollment
329
Elementary
STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNITED COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192856001650
United Community School
1284 U Ave, Boone, IA 50036 · (515) 432-5319 · Boone County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.4:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
64 students
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 | 65 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 80% larger than its 6th grade class (25).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
65.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
70.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 are up about 13 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% | 70.3% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 57.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 82% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 United Community School
United Community School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Community School this school | 329 | 19.5% | 61.0% |
| Hoover Elementary School West Branch | 353 | 19.8% | 68.8% |
| Mid-Prairie West Elementary School Wellman | 330 | 19.1% | 73.3% |
| John Cline Elementary School Decorah | 300 | 22.3% | N/A |
| Madison Elementary School Pella | 401 | 21.2% | 79.1% |
| Center Point-Urbana Primary School Center Point | 365 | 19.2% | N/A |
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 United Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #454 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #378 of 564 ▲ 101 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #400 of 564 ▲ 43 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #320 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #154 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #410 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #601 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
329
+156 (+90%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 222
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 329 | 26.6 | 12.4:1 | 19% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 25.8 | 12.8:1 | 19% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 24.2 | 14.9:1 | 22% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 173 | 11 | 15.7:1 | 23% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 15.4 | 10.8:1 | 30% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 146 | 9 | 16.2:1 | 31% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 125 | 12 | 10.4:1 | 36% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 33 | 11.7:1 | 24% (92) |
| 1990-91 | 222 | 16 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for United Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 98% (166 to 329); teachers up 72% (15.4 to 26.6).
About United Community School
Students in Boone, Iowa, attend United Community School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 329 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6.
United Community School is part of United Comm School District.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at United Community School. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. Elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. United Community School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 19%. The rate at public schools in Boone County averages 28%, higher than here.
United Community School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Iowa public elementary schools.
United Community School ranks in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 61.0%. Predicted: 82.2%. Difference: 21.2 points.
The school is in Boone County, where the median household earns about $83,531 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. United Community School shares Boone County with 14 other public schools.
A public school about 4.6 miles away, Ledges Elementary School, is the closest to United Community School. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of United Community School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, United Community School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Reported enrollment: 173 (2020-21) and 329 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Students per teacher dropped from 15.7 in 2020-21 to 12.4 in 2024-25.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,668
Census ACS
Median income
$83,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,735 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boone
- Boone High SchoolHigh · 704 students
- Boone Middle SchoolMiddle · 586 students
- Ledges Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCombined
- Page Elementary SchoolCombined
Other United Community schools
One other US public school is named United Community. United Community School is the largest of the 2.
- United Community SchoolCharlotte, NC · 250 students
Nearby schools
- Ledges Elementary School4.6 mi · 336
- Edwards Elementary School4.7 mi · 436
- Sawyer Elementary School5.1 mi · 371
- Boone Middle School5.1 mi · 586
- Ames Middle School5.4 mi · 1,033
- Boone High School6.2 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About United Community SchoolHow many students attend United Community School?
United Community School enrolls approximately 329 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does United Community School serve?
United Community School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does United Community School have?
United Community School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
How diverse is United Community School?
United Community School reports a student body of 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is United Community School in?
United Community School is part of United Comm School District.
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