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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 51510

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School

301

Students

Top rankedCarter Lake Elementary School475^th of 576 Iowa elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Carter Lake Elementary School up 23 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The 51510 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Carter Lake Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 and is part of the Council Bluffs Community School District. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio and high per-student spending, it has faced declining performance in recent years, with lower-than-average test scores and a high chronic absenteeism rate.

Carter Lake Elementary School's ranking has dropped from 498 out of 557 Iowa elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 475 out of 576 in 2024-2025, earning it a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are consistently lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 5th-grade proficiency rates were 51.5% in ELA, 60.6% in Math, and 42.4% in Science, compared to the state averages of 69.8%, 71.5%, and 64.2%, respectively.

Additionally, Carter Lake Elementary has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 59.35% in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% in 2023-2024 is also significantly higher than the state average, which may be contributing to the school's academic challenges.

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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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carter Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 Willow Drive	Carter Lake	51510	Pottawattamie County	Council Bluffs Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 347-5876	301	23	13.0	45.5%	208 (69.1%)	20 (6.6%)	55 (18.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	24.6	475^th of 576 public elementary schools	17.5%		13.1	498^th of 557 public elementary schools	10.6%	23	53.5	68.8	51.5	67.4	68.8	60.6	42.4	$20,698	$1,193	$19,505

Cities Near Zip Code 51510

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Carter Lake	0.32 mi	1	386^th
Council Bluffs	1.99 mi	18	334^th
Crescent	2.75 mi	1
Underwood	13.44 mi	3	28^th
Treynor	16.25 mi	3	6^th

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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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