Enrollment
152
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SCOTT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192094001257
Virgil Grissom Elementary School
500 Lost Grove Rd, Princeton, IA 52768 · (563) 285-3264 · Scott County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL152 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Iowa public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.6:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
36 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 11 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (17).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Based on grade levels within North Scott Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
97.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +14.4pp since 2023
Math
93.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 97.5% | 93.8% |
| 2023-24 | 83.1% | 91.6% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 80% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 10 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Virgil Grissom Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Grissom Elementary School this school | 152 | 23.7% | 89.7% |
| New Hartford Elementary School New Hartford | 147 | 23.1% | N/A |
| Dallas Center Elementary Dallas Center | 169 | 23.7% | 85.6% |
| Shannon Elementary School Monticello | 166 | 24.1% | N/A |
| Amana Elementary School Middle Amana | 126 | 23.0% | N/A |
| John Glenn Elementary School Donahue | 179 | 26.8% | 85.4% |
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 Virgil Grissom Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.7% | #13 of 564 | #3 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.8% | #11 of 564 ▲ 11 | #2 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 97.5% | #1 of 564 ▲ 62 | #1 of 31 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 152 | #616 of 705 | #31 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.7% | #563 of 666 | #24 of 33 |
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
152
-39 (-20%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 152 | 11.2 | 13.6:1 | 24% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 177 | 13.2 | 13.4:1 | 25% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 13.5 | 14.5:1 | 24% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 10 | 19.1:1 | 19% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 198 | 11.9 | 16.7:1 | 21% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 194 | 12 | 16.2:1 | 21% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 14 | 16.2:1 | 31% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 242 | 14 | 17.3:1 | 21% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 16 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virgil Grissom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (198 to 152); teachers down 6% (11.9 to 11.2).
About Virgil Grissom Elementary School
Virgil Grissom Elementary School sits in Princeton, Iowa, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in pre-K through 6 attend, and enrollment is 152 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Iowa is about 325 students.
North Scott Comm School District has 3,335 students in 7 schools, and Virgil Grissom Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students make up 97% of enrollment at Virgil Grissom Elementary School. For comparison, the population of Scott County is roughly 79% White. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. Virgil Grissom Elementary School reports 24% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Scott County average 38%.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Virgil Grissom Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Virgil Grissom Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa schools. It scores 89.7%; the prediction is 80.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Scott County, the median household income is $78,277, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Scott County has 53 public schools and roughly 26,100 students.
The closest public school to Virgil Grissom Elementary School is Cody Elementary School, about 4.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, Virgil Grissom Elementary School is ahead of the 73.9% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
Virgil Grissom Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Virgil Grissom Elementary School's enrollment declined from 191 in 2020-21 to 152 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 19.1 in 2020-21 to 13.6 in 2024-25.
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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 North Scott Comm School District
- North Scott High SchoolHigh · 1,081 students
- Edward White Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- North Scott Junior High SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Alan Shepard Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- John Glenn Elementary SchoolElementary · 179 students
Nearby schools
- Cody Elementary School4.7 mi · 443
- Riverdale Middle School5.5 mi · 254
- Bridgeview Elementary School5.7 mi · 343
- Riverdale Sr High School5.7 mi · 324
- Pleasant Valley Junior High School5.8 mi · 940
- Riverdale Elementary School5.9 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Virgil Grissom Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Virgil Grissom Elementary School?
Virgil Grissom Elementary School enrolls approximately 152 students in grades PK-06.
Is Virgil Grissom Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Virgil Grissom Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Virgil Grissom Elementary School have?
Virgil Grissom Elementary School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Virgil Grissom Elementary School?
Student demographics at Virgil Grissom Elementary School are roughly 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Virgil Grissom Elementary School in?
Virgil Grissom Elementary School is part of North Scott Comm School District.
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