Enrollment
175
Elementary
DISTRICT 234 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAN BUREN COUNTY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192898000827
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center
33727 Rte J40, Farmington, IA 52626 · (319) 592-3600 · Van Buren County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL175 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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.
- C-Beats 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
12.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
102 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 17 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 63% larger than its 6th grade class (16).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center→Van Buren County Community Middle & High School
Based on grade levels within Van Buren County Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +11.8pp since 2023
Math
68.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 60 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 68.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center this school | 175 | 58.3% | 55.5% |
| Winfield Elementary School Winfield | 182 | 56.6% | 66.5% |
| Mapleton Elementary School Mapleton | 182 | 54.9% | 76.4% |
| East Union Elementary Afton | 201 | 55.7% | 78.2% |
| Lamoni Elementary School Lamoni | 191 | 57.6% | 59.1% |
| River Valley Elementary Washta | 154 | 53.2% | 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 Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #476 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #410 of 564 ▲ 71 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #451 of 564 ▲ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 175 | #588 of 705 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #142 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
175
+18 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
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 | 175 | 13.5 | 12.9:1 | 58% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 175 | 15 | 11.6:1 | 63% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 189 | 15.6 | 12.1:1 | 67% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 157 | 12 | 13.1:1 | 69% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center.
About Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center is one of the public schools in Farmington, Iowa. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 6 attend, and enrollment is 175 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Iowa is about 325 students.
District-wide, Van Buren County Comm School District has 3 schools and 821 students.
White students are the large majority at Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center, with 93% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 96% White, within a few points of the school. Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center's 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%. That is close to the 57% average for public schools in Van Buren County.
allk12 grades Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center a D. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center would score about 62.8%. It scores 55.5%, 7.3 points below that figure.
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center is located in Van Buren County, where median household income is about $61,161, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center is one of 3 public schools in Van Buren County, which together enroll about 821 students.
The school nearest to Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center is Salem Elementary School, at a distance of about 10.3 miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 175 was 11% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 157.
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Van Buren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,241
Census ACS
Median income
$61,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
821 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Van Buren County Comm School District
- Van Buren County Community Middle & High SchoolHigh · 354 students
- Van Buren County Community School District Douds CenterElementary · 292 students
Nearby schools
- Salem Elementary School10.3 mi · 86
- Van Buren County Community Middle & High School12.7 mi · 354
- Central Lee High School15.0 mi · 353
- Central Lee Elementary School15.2 mi · 564
- Central Lee Middle School15.2 mi · 394
- Mount Pleasant High School17.8 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Van Buren County Community School District Harmony CenterHow large is Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center?
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center enrolls approximately 175 students in grades PK-06.
Is Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center have?
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center?
Student demographics at Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center?
Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center is overseen by Van Buren County Comm School District in Van Buren County.
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