Elementary · Iowa

John Kennedy Elementary School

John Kennedy Elementary School, a public elementary school in Dubuque, Iowa: grades pre-k–5, 493 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dubuque 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
493
Teachers (FTE)
36.3
Students per teacher
13.6
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 84% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 320 · 669 schools compared

Larger than 65% 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%

74%proficient

−2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 54% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 73% · 609 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Iowa: 73%

80%proficient

−1.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 61% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 76% · 609 elementary schools compared

250 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 Pre-K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Small city

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

Location

Address
2135 Woodland, Dubuque, IA 52002
Phone
(563)552-3900
City or town
Dubuque

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Hoover Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–529213.262%62%
Pre-K–556815.075%78%
Pre-K–540913.572%73%
Pre-K–549914.682%84%
Lincoln Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–52579.045%44%
Pre-K–529913.581%84%

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.

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