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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHEAST POLK COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192682002068
Willowbrook Elementary
300 17th Ave SW, Altoona, IA 50009 · (515) 967-7512 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% 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.
- 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
13.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
277 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Willowbrook Elementary→Southeast Polk Middle School→Southeast Polk Junior High→Southeast Polk High School
Based on grade levels within Southeast Polk Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 69 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 67.2% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Willowbrook Elementary
Willowbrook Elementary's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook Elementary this school | 523 | 53.0% | 63.5% |
| Altoona Elementary Altoona | 429 | 53.4% | 76.9% |
| Orange Elementary School Waterloo | 518 | 49.6% | 76.1% |
| Crossroads Park Elementary School West Des Moines | 530 | 51.5% | 79.9% |
| East Elementary School Ankeny | 409 | 46.2% | 70.9% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School Bettendorf | 409 | 47.2% | 65.3% |
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 Willowbrook Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #430 of 564 | #44 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #421 of 564 ▼ 1 | #44 of 78 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #346 of 564 ▲ 102 | #40 of 78 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #89 of 705 | #32 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #272 of 561 | #39 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #173 of 561 | #54 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #187 of 666 | #42 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #281 of 359 | #49 of 64 |
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
523
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 523 | 39.1 | 13.4:1 | 53% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 38.1 | 14.3:1 | 52% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 50% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 45% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 39% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 40% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 10% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willowbrook Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (553 to 523); teachers up 12% (35 to 39.1).
About Willowbrook Elementary
Willowbrook Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Iowa, located in Altoona. Enrollment totals 523 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average enrollment is about 325.
Southeast Polk Comm School District has 6,359 students spread across 10 schools.
The student body at Willowbrook Elementary is 64% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 76%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
A staff of 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Iowa is similar, at 13.7:1. By family income, 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Willowbrook Elementary holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Iowa public elementary schools.
The model predicts 65.5% for a school in Iowa with Willowbrook Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Willowbrook Elementary posts 63.5%.
The school is in Polk County, where median household income comes to about $83,576, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Polk County counts 137 public schools with about 77,436 students.
The closest school to Willowbrook Elementary is Altoona Elementary, located about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Willowbrook Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Willowbrook Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% rise, from 504 to 523. The ratio was 14.4:1 in 2020-21 and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Southeast Polk Comm School District
- Southeast Polk High SchoolHigh · 1,722 students
- Southeast Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Clay ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- Four Mile ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- Delaware ElementaryElementary · 440 students
- Altoona ElementaryElementary · 429 students
Other schools in Altoona
- Southeast Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Clay ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- Altoona ElementaryElementary · 429 students
- Centennial ElementaryElementary · 423 students
Other Willowbrook Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Willowbrook Elementary. Willowbrook Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- WILLOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBENTONVILLE, AR · 671 students
- Willowbrook Elementary SchoolGlenview, IL · 330 students
Nearby schools
- Altoona Elementary0.9 mi · 429
- Centennial Elementary1.5 mi · 423
- Southeast Polk Middle School2.0 mi · 1,112
- Delaware Elementary2.0 mi · 440
- Clay Elementary2.1 mi · 700
- Brubaker Elementary School3.2 mi · 622
Frequently asked questions
About Willowbrook ElementaryHow many students attend Willowbrook Elementary?
Willowbrook Elementary enrolls approximately 523 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Willowbrook Elementary serve?
Willowbrook Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Willowbrook Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Willowbrook Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Willowbrook Elementary?
At Willowbrook Elementary, the student body is approximately 64% White, 11% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Willowbrook Elementary in?
Willowbrook Elementary is part of Southeast Polk Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.