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What advice would you give to incoming students at Wilder Elementary School?
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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANOLA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191464002100
Wilder Elementary School
2303 W Euclid, Indianola, IA 50125 · (515) 961-9540 · Warren County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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.
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
12.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
165 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 41%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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 Indianola Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
79.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.0pp 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 79 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 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 79.1% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 75.1% |
% 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
67.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Wilder Elementary School
Wilder Elementary School's state test result (67.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilder Elementary School this school | 456 | 36.2% | 67.6% |
| East Sac County Elementary Sac City | 433 | 36.5% | 76.0% |
| Mediapolis Elementary School Mediapolis | 432 | 36.8% | 77.6% |
| Louisa-Muscatine Elementary Letts | 468 | 38.7% | 76.4% |
| West Marshall Elementary School State Center | 412 | 33.3% | 76.8% |
| Table Mound Elementary School Dubuque | 425 | 39.5% | 63.9% |
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 Wilder Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #369 of 564 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #239 of 564 ▲ 60 | #8 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #396 of 564 ▲ 36 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #140 of 705 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #179 of 561 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.7% | #406 of 561 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.2% | #413 of 666 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.1% | #44 of 168 | N/A |
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
456
+86 (+23%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 456 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 36% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 37.3 | 12.6:1 | 39% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 31.9 | 13.9:1 | 39% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 28% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 29.6 | 12.9:1 | 23% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 37% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 29% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilder Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (383 to 456); teachers up 22% (29.6 to 36).
About Wilder Elementary School
Wilder Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Indianola Comm School District in Indianola, Iowa. The latest federal count shows 456 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa, enrollment here is 40% higher.
Wilder Elementary School belongs to Indianola Comm School District, a district of 6 schools and 3,599 students.
Wilder Elementary School's enrollment is 88% White. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Wilder Elementary School's diversity index is 22%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Wilder Elementary School total 36 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.7:1. That is 1.1 students per teacher below the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 36%. The average for public schools in Warren County is 24%.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Wilder 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.
The model predicts 73.8% for a school in Iowa with Wilder Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Wilder Elementary School posts 67.6%.
Across Warren County, the median household income is $94,588, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. In all, Warren County has 20 public schools and roughly 10,473 students.
Whittier Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Wilder Elementary School holds 5 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wilder Elementary School at 9th of 9.
NCES assigns Wilder Elementary School the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment climbed 23% from its 2020-21 level of 370. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.8:1 to 12.7:1.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,409
Census ACS
Median income
$94,588
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indianola Comm School District
- Indianola High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Indianola Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other schools in Indianola
- Indianola High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Indianola Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other Wilder Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Wilder Elementary. Wilder Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 10.
- Wilder Elementary SchoolLITTLETON, CO · 592 students
- Wilder ElementaryLouisville, KY · 496 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolWesterville, OH · 491 students
- Wilder ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 413 students
- WILDER ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elementary School0.7 mi · 369
- Irving Elementary School1.3 mi · 395
- Emerson Elementary School2.3 mi · 396
- Indianola High School2.5 mi · 1,165
- Indianola Middle School2.7 mi · 818
- Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School7.6 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About Wilder Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wilder Elementary School?
Wilder Elementary School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Wilder Elementary School serve?
Wilder Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wilder Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wilder Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilder Elementary School?
At Wilder Elementary School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Wilder Elementary School in?
Wilder Elementary School is part of Indianola Comm School District.
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