Summary:
The WACO Elementary School is the sole elementary school in the WACO Community School District located in Iowa. The school serves students from grades K-6 and has faced declining performance in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 359 out of 599 Iowa elementary schools in 2015-2016 to 451 out of 576 in 2024-2025. The school's SchoolDigger rating has also decreased from 2 stars out of 5 to 1 star out of 5 during this time period.
Academically, WACO Elementary School struggles to meet state averages in English Language Arts, with proficiency rates ranging from 41.9% for 3rd grade to 70% for 4th grade, compared to the state average of 67.9% to 76%. In Mathematics, the school's performance is more mixed, with 3rd and 4th grade students performing slightly below the state average, but 5th and 6th grade students performing better. The school's 5th grade Science proficiency rate of 60.6% is also lower than the state average of 64.2%. These academic challenges may be influenced by the school's high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 47.22% in the 2023-2024 school year.
Despite these challenges, WACO Elementary School does have some potential strengths, such as its relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.8 to 1 and the district's per-student spending of $11,342 for the 2018-2019 school year. The school's performance in Mathematics, particularly in the upper grades, also suggests an area that the school can build upon to improve overall student outcomes.
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