Elementary · Iowa

Fahrney Elementary

Free meals for all

Fahrney Elementary, a public elementary school in Ottumwa, Iowa: grades 3–5, 490 students, 15.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ottumwa 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: 490
Teachers (FTE): 30.9
Students per teacher: 15.9
Grades: 3–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 90% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared

More students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 83% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 320 · 669 schools compared

Larger than 64% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Iowa's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Iowa: 73%

50%proficient

A lower share proficient than 91% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 73% · 609 elementary schools compared

474 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3

Math

Iowa: 73%

53%proficient

A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 76% · 609 elementary schools compared

474 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades 3–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Ottumwa Comm School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ottumwa Comm School District.

Location

Address: 520 South Milner, Ottumwa, IA 52501
Phone: (641)684-6597
City or town: Ottumwa
County: Wapello County

Quality of life in Ottumwa Schools in Ottumwa

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Douma Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	1–2	327	11.3	—	—	0.1 mi
Pickwick Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K–K	560	22.6	—	—	0.7 mi
Wilson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	335	12.4	54%	50%	2.0 mi
James Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	249	13.1	47%	45%	2.5 mi
Horace Mann Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	250	13.1	63%	66%	3.0 mi
Eisenhower Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	248	13.7	73%	76%	4.4 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

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).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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