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Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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2023
vs
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Rank
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School
Type
Grades
Address
City
Zip
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District
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Phone
# Students
Full-time Teachers
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Teacher Ratio
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Per Pupil Expenditures:
Total
Personnel from Federal Funds
Non-Personnel from Federal Funds
Total from Federal Funds
Personnel from State and Local Funds
Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds
Total from State and Local Funds
Average Standard
Score (
2023
)
Average Standard
Score (
2022
)
Rank (
2022
)
Rank Change from
2022
SchoolDigger Rating (
2023
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191989001175
71
Salem Elementary School
Public
K-5
412 E. Jackson St.
Salem
52649
Henry County
Mount Pleasant Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(319) 258-7799
97
7
13.1
37.1%
95 (97.9%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (1.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (1.0%)
$13,189
$487
$12,702
81.2
84.4
49
22
190651000230
72
Southdale Elementary School
Public
PK, KG-6
627 Orchard Dr
Cedar Falls
50613
Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(319) 553-2900
530
40
13.2
23.0%
418 (78.9%)
22 (4.2%)
18 (3.4%)
38 (7.2%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
34 (6.4%)
$11,540
$473
$11,067
80.8
84.2
52
20
193054001747
73
Southeast Elementary School
Public
K-4
809 4th St SE
Waverly
50677
Bremer County
Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(319) 352-3582
164
12
13.6
32.3%
137 (83.5%)
2 (1.2%)
11 (6.7%)
2 (1.2%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
12 (7.3%)
$11,108
$420
$10,687
80.7
72.4
142
69
191863002226
74
MMCRU Marcus Elementary
Public
PK, KG-4
500 E Fenton St
Marcus
51035
Cherokee County
Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(712) 376-2615
183
12
15.5
27.3%
172 (94.0%)
3 (1.6%)
3 (1.6%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
4 (2.2%)
$16,564
$450
$16,114
80.5
79.2
86
12
193093001791
75
Crossroads Park Elementary School
Public
K-6
1050 50th St
West Des Moines
50266
Polk County
West Des Moines Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(515) 633-5600
521
37
14.1
32.6%
323 (62.0%)
48 (9.2%)
93 (17.9%)
21 (4.0%)
1 (0.2%)
0 (0.0%)
35 (6.7%)
$13,999
$194
$13,805
80.5
69.1
183
108
190336000033
76
Lucia Wallace Elementary School
Public
3-4
729 E Kennedy
Algona
50511
Kossuth County
Algona Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(515) 295-7296
184
13
14.1
35.9%
166 (90.2%)
0 (0.0%)
15 (8.2%)
1 (0.5%)
1 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
1 (0.5%)
$12,938
$254
$12,684
80.5
79.1
88
12
190654000731
77
Viola Gibson Elementary School
Public
PK, KG-5
6101 Gibson DR NE
Cedar Rapids
52411
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(319) 558-2920
591
36
16.6
13.7%
506 (85.6%)
15 (2.5%)
19 (3.2%)
8 (1.4%)
1 (0.2%)
0 (0.0%)
42 (7.1%)
$13,762
$268
$13,495
80
80.2
80
3
192085001246
78
North Mahaska Elementary School
Public
PK, KG-6
2163 135th Street
New Sharon
50207
Mahaska County
North Mahaska Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(641) 637-4041
346
22
16
32.9%
323 (93.4%)
2 (0.6%)
6 (1.7%)
4 (1.2%)
0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
11 (3.2%)
$11,272
$361
$10,911
79.9
75.9
111
33
190696000306
79
Central Lyon Elementary School
Public
PK, KG-6
1105 S Story
Rock Rapids
51246
Lyon County
Central Lyon Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(712) 472-2664
433
33
13.1
28.6%
403 (93.1%)
6 (1.4%)
17 (3.9%)
0 (0.0%)
3 (0.7%)
0 (0.0%)
4 (0.9%)
$11,371
$409
$10,962
79.9
78.6
93
14
190354000053
80
Fellows Elementary School
Public
K-5
1235 20th St.
Ames
50010
Story County
Ames Community School District
No
(n/a)
No
(n/a)
(515) 239-3765
528
42
12.5
26.5%
307 (58.1%)
29 (5.5%)
55 (10.4%)
93 (17.6%)
2 (0.4%)
0 (0.0%)
42 (8.0%)
$12,124
$816
$11,308
79.8
86.2
37
43
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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ISASP English Language Arts, ISASP Mathematics, ISASP Science test scores released by the Iowa Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 29, 2023, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Iowa Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Iowa Department of Education.
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