Elementary · Iowa

Irving Elementary School

Free meals for all

Irving Elementary School, a public elementary school in Waterloo, Iowa: grades k–5, 353 students, 10.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waterloo 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
353
Teachers (FTE)
33.5
Students per teacher
10.5
Grades
K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 57% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 320 · 669 schools compared

Smaller than 63% 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%

68%proficient

+11.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 64% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 73% · 609 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Iowa: 73%

65%proficient

−1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 79% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 76% · 609 elementary schools compared

153 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 K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city

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

Location

Address
1115 W. 5th Street, Waterloo, IA 50702
Phone
(319)433-2800
City or town
Waterloo

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Lowell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–553812.852%59%
Kingsley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–533711.678%86%
Kittrell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–557612.459%73%
Lou Henry Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–546012.158%63%
Cunningham SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–544312.738%49%
Pre-K–550113.150%63%

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.

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.

Sources

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.

NCES 193048001724