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Elementary Schools in Alden Community School District

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At a glance

DistrictAlden Community School District159^th of 313 Iowa districtsFull district overview →

School

148

Students

Top rankedAlden Elementary School267^th of 576 Iowa elementary schools

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Summary:

The Alden Community School District in Iowa has only one elementary school, Alden Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 182nd out of 557 Iowa elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 344th out of 565 in 2022-2023.

Alden Elementary School's academic achievement on the ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) tests has been mixed, with some grade levels performing above the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics, while others are below. In 2024-2025, 6th-grade students achieved 100% proficiency in English Language Arts, significantly higher than the state average of 72.8%. However, 5th-grade students scored below the state average in both English Language Arts (53.8% vs. 69.8%) and Science (53.8% vs. 64.2%) during the same year.

The school serves a relatively high proportion of economically disadvantaged students, with 35.22% of its 159 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. Despite this, the school's spending per student was $24,167 in the 2018-2019 school year, which is significantly higher than the national average. The school also faces challenges with a chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% in the 2023-2024 school year, which can negatively impact student learning and academic achievement.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISASP English Language Arts (2025)				ISASP Mathematics (2025)				ISASP Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISASP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	209 Center Street	Alden	50006	Hardin County	Alden Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 859-3393	148	14	10.7	25.0%	126 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.4%)	59.2	267^th of 576 public elementary schools	53.6%		67.5	182^nd of 557 public elementary schools	67.3%	85	66.7	77.8	53.8	100.0	83.3	83.3	69.2	86.7	53.8	$24,167	$775	$23,391

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Iowa Department of Education.

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