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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192640002089
Unity Elementary School
1901 Unity Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51105 · (712) 279-6839 · Woodbury County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% 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.
- CBeats 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
12.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
388 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 51 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
58.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
What 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 57 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 47.4% |
% 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Unity Elementary School
Unity Elementary School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Elementary School this school | 483 | 80.3% | 49.3% |
| Leeds Elementary School Sioux City | 593 | 76.2% | 65.4% |
| Morris Elementary School Des Moines | 519 | 87.7% | 47.3% |
| Phillips Elementary Des Moines | 263 | 79.1% | 46.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Muscatine | 441 | 68.0% | 55.1% |
| Duncombe Elementary School Fort Dodge | 438 | 70.1% | 43.8% |
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 Unity Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #505 of 564 | #14 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #491 of 564 ▲ 38 | #14 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #465 of 564 ▲ 12 | #13 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #118 of 705 | #9 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #161 of 561 | #5 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #55 of 561 | #4 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.3% | #41 of 666 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #217 of 359 | #5 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
483
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 483 | 38.7 | 12.5:1 | 80% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 40.8 | 12.3:1 | 68% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 37.5 | 13.9:1 | 74% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 83% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 37.9 | 14.3:1 | 75% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 596 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 77% (459) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 80% (379) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Unity Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (541 to 483); teachers up 2% (37.9 to 38.7).
About Unity Elementary School
Unity Elementary School is an elementary school in Sioux City, Iowa, reachable at (712) 279-6839. The school serves 483 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Iowa is roughly 325 students; this school is 49% larger than that.
Across its 21 schools, Sioux City Comm School District enrolls 14,189 students. Unity Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Unity Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 41%. The remaining shares are 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. Woodbury County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school's share is lower. Unity Elementary School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Unity Elementary School counts 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.5 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.2 below the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. About 80% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 60% for public schools in Woodbury County.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Unity Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Unity Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 51.8%. Unity Elementary School scores 49.3%, 2.5 points below that line.
Among Woodbury County residents, the median household income is $73,658, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Unity Elementary School, Woodbury County has 36 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Irving Elementary School, about 1.5 miles away. Unity Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Unity Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 49.3% against a local average of 60.9%.
Under the NCES locale system, Unity Elementary School is City: Small.
Enrollment declined 3% from its 2020-21 level of 498.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Unity Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux City Comm School District
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other schools in Sioux City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other Unity Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Unity Elementary. Unity Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- Unity ElementaryBalsam Lake, WI · 385 students
- Unity Elementary SchoolMendon, IL · 296 students
- Unity Elementary SchoolLima, OH · 241 students
- Unity Elementary SchoolBrookport, IL · 128 students
- Unity Elementary SchoolNewport, NH · 86 students
Nearby schools
- Irving Elementary School1.5 mi · 605
- Irving Preschool1.6 mi · 84
- Bryant Elementary School1.8 mi · 608
- Leeds Elementary School1.9 mi · 593
- Spalding Park Elementary2.2 mi · 683
- North Middle School2.4 mi · 1,136
Frequently asked questions
About Unity Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Unity Elementary School?
Unity Elementary School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-05.
Is Unity Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Unity Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Unity Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Unity Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Unity Elementary School?
At Unity Elementary School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Unity Elementary School public or private?
Unity Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sioux City Comm School District.
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