Summary:
The Greene County Community School District has only one elementary school, Greene County Elementary, which serves grades PK-4 with an enrollment of 523 students. The school's performance has been declining in recent years, with a 1-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 488 out of 576 Iowa elementary schools for the 2024-2025 school year.
Academically, Greene County Elementary struggles, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and mathematics significantly below the state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in ELA was 53.3%, compared to the state average of 67.9%, and the 4th-grade ELA proficiency rate was 68.1%, compared to the state average of 76%. In mathematics, the 3rd-grade proficiency rate was 59.8%, compared to the state average of 75.8%, and the 4th-grade rate was 63.9%, compared to the state average of 74.3%. The school also faces challenges with a high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% in the 2023-2024 school year.
Additionally, Greene County Elementary serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, with 52.77% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $13,557, and the student-teacher ratio for the 2023-2024 school year was 13.7 to 1. These factors may contribute to the school's academic struggles and the need for additional resources and support to improve student outcomes.
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