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Southeast Elementary School

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Summary

Southeast Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Waverly, Iowa, serving grades K-4 with a total enrollment of 164 students. The school is part of the Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District, which is ranked 64 out of 309 districts in Iowa and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Southeast Elementary School consistently outperforms the Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District and the state of Iowa in academic proficiency. In the 2023-2024 school year, 95.2% of 3rd-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics, compared to 73.3% and 84.2% for the district, and 64.2% and 76.3% for the state, respectively. Similarly, 4th-grade students at Southeast Elementary School had proficiency rates of 84.6% in English Language Arts and 96.2% in Mathematics, outpacing the district and state. The school has maintained a strong statewide ranking, placing in the top 25% of Iowa elementary schools for the past several years, and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger in the 2023-2024 school year.

While the student population at Southeast Elementary School is predominantly white (83.54% in 2022-2023), the school has a more diverse student body compared to some of the nearby schools, such as Margaretta Carey Elementary School and West Cedar Elementary School, also part of the Waverly-Shell Rock district. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at Southeast Elementary School has increased from 23.27% in 2021-2022 to 32.32% in 2022-2023, indicating a growing population of economically disadvantaged students.

31
Students ?
13.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$11,108
Per pupil spending ?
16.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 809 4th St SE
       Waverly, IA  50677

(319) 352-3582

District: Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District


Students who attend Southeast Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School
High:    Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
80.6%
Pacific Islander:
6.5%
African American:
3.2%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 80th percentile in 2014 → 98th in 2024
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Iowa average (93% vs 72% meeting standards)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 18 percentile points since 2014
Students meeting standards (2023-2024) ?
This school93%
District avg83%
Iowa avg72%
Not ranked this year
Southeast Elementary School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
101st of 313Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District among Iowa districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIowa percentileRating
202490.213 of 55797.7%★★★★★
202380.773 of 56587.1%★★★★☆
202272.4142 of 57475.3%★★★★☆
202180.581 of 56785.7%★★★★☆
201969.5175 of 60371.0%★★★★☆
201872.9139 of 56775.5%★★★★☆
201779.476 of 57486.8%★★★★☆
201674.1125 of 59979.1%★★★★☆
201572.5151 of 61675.5%★★★★☆
201473.9120 of 60380.1%★★★★☆
201385.618 of 62497.1%★★★★★
201271.2136 of 62678.3%★★★★☆
By subject vs Iowa (2023-2024) ?
Mathematics96%+21 vs state
English Language Arts89%+21 vs state

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Students at Southeast Elementary School are 81% White, 6% Pacific Islander, 3% African American, 3% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 31 students attended Southeast Elementary School.


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Latest Iowa data All new data »
2024–25 graduation ratesJun 13, 2026
2024–25 ISASP test scoresAug 20, 2025
2023–24 graduation ratesApr 1, 2025
2017–18 through 2023–24 attendance dataNov 15, 2024


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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