Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193056001754
Wayne Elementary School
607 South West Street, Corydon, IA 50060 · (641) 872-1034 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
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
11.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
168 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Wayne Elementary School→Wayne Community Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Wayne Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
69.8%
IA avg 70.9% . -8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 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 down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 82.1% | 78.4% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Wayne Elementary School
Wayne Elementary School's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Elementary School this school | 328 | 51.2% | 75.5% |
| Northstar Elementary School Knoxville | 348 | 49.1% | 63.9% |
| Odebolt Elementary-Ida Grove Ida Grove | 308 | 50.6% | 68.9% |
| Van Buren County Community School District Douds Center Douds | 292 | 51.0% | 69.5% |
| Missouri Valley Elementary Missouri Valley | 359 | 51.3% | 65.2% |
| Shellsburg Elementary School Shellsburg | 269 | 53.9% | 78.0% |
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 Wayne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #232 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #385 of 564 ▼ 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #276 of 564 ▼ 196 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #324 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #102 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #510 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #199 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #202 of 359 |
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
328
-27 (-8%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 328 | 27.6 | 11.9:1 | 51% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 24.9 | 14.5:1 | 55% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 25.8 | 13.8:1 | 54% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 52% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 21.4 | 17.4:1 | 58% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 59% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 54% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 19 | 17.4:1 | 58% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 19 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wayne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (372 to 328); teachers up 29% (21.4 to 27.6).
About Wayne Elementary School
Wayne Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Wayne Comm School District, located in Corydon, Iowa. It had 328 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6.
Wayne Elementary School is one school in Wayne Comm School District, a system of 2 schools with 583 students.
Roughly 93% of students at Wayne Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 2% multiracial. Wayne County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wayne Elementary School scores 13%.
A staff of 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.9:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Wayne Elementary School outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Wayne Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.5% is 9.1 points above the 66.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school is in Wayne County, where median household income comes to about $61,964, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wayne County counts 6 public schools with about 1,032 students.
Wayne Community Jr-Sr High School is about 0.4 miles from Wayne Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Nearby schools with test data average 64.0% proficiency; Wayne Elementary School posts 75.5%.
Under the NCES locale system, Wayne Elementary School is Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Wayne Elementary School had a net loss of 27 students, or 8%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 11.9:1 over the same years.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,532
Census ACS
Median income
$61,964
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne Comm School District
- Wayne Community Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 255 students
Other Wayne Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Wayne Elementary. Wayne Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Wayne Elementary SchoolWayne, PA · 525 students
- WAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWAYNE, NE · 499 students
- Wayne Elementary SchoolWayne, WV · 444 students
- Wayne Elementary SchoolWayne, IL · 391 students
- Wayne Elementary SchoolDETROIT, MI · 234 students
Nearby schools
- Wayne Community Jr-Sr High School0.4 mi · 255
- Mormon Trail Elementary School11.8 mi · 132
- Mormon Trail Jr-Sr High School11.8 mi · 98
- Seymour Elementary School11.8 mi · 98
- Seymour High School11.8 mi · 121
- Columbus Elementary School18.1 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Wayne Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wayne Elementary School?
Wayne Elementary School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Wayne Elementary School serve?
Wayne Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Wayne Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Wayne Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Wayne Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wayne Elementary School are roughly 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wayne Elementary School?
Wayne Elementary School is overseen by Wayne Comm School District in Wayne County.
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