Elementary · Iowa
Ballard West Elementary
Ballard West Elementary, a public elementary school in Slater, Iowa: grades pre-k–2, 451 students, 15.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ballard Comm School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 451
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- Grades
- Pre-K–2
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 81% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared
More students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 78% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 320 · 669 schools compared
Larger than 57% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–2
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ballard Comm School District.
Location
- Address
- 105 E Main St, Slater, IA 50244
- Phone
- (515)228-3890
- City or town
- Slater
- County
- Story County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–5 | 408 | 15.2 | |
| 3–5 | 417 | 12.6 | |
| 3–5 | 357 | 14.3 | |
| K–5 | 259 | 12.9 | |
| Pre-K–2 | 396 | 15.5 | |
| K–5 | 314 | 12.5 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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