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Henry A Wallace Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
6207 Nw 62nd Ave
Johnston, IA 50131
Phone
(515) 278-6977
District
JOHNSTON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
POLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
867
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.2% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Henry A Wallace Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
94%
68%
94%
65%
94%
72%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
91%
71%
93%
73%
89%
69%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
88%
66%
88%
67%
88%
64%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 242 27.9%
Kindergarten 87 10.0%
Grade 1 100 11.5%
Grade 2 114 13.1%
Grade 3 105 12.1%
Grade 4 120 13.8%
Grade 5 99 11.4%
Total 867 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.5% 73.3% 76.7%
Black 6.9% 10.1% 7.1%
Hispanic 4.7% 7.5% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.8% 9.0% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 9.2% 22.8% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 8.2% 19.9% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.0% 2.9% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 39,438 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 936.7 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.1% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.4% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 13.9% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 15,181 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 9.0% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.6% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 50.2% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 29.8% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.6% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.7% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.0% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.8% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.4% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 3.7% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,418 $55,145,412 53.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $319 $2,371,446 2.3%
Staff $406 $3,018,204 2.9%
General Administration $196 $1,457,064 1.4%
School Administration $439 $3,263,526 3.2%
Operation $1,066 $7,924,644 7.7%
Transportation $635 $4,720,590 4.6%
Other $290 $2,155,860 2.1%
Total Support $3,350 $24,903,900 24.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,008 $22,361,472 21.8%
Total Expenditures $13,777 $102,418,218 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,254 $3,706,502,521 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $439 $224,329,756 3.0%
Staff $576 $294,221,316 3.9%
General Administration $292 $149,044,777 2.0%
School Administration $659 $336,761,023 4.5%
Operation $1,023 $522,686,702 7.0%
Transportation $419 $214,147,817 2.9%
Other $319 $162,947,541 2.2%
Total Support $3,727 $1,904,099,046 25.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,668 $1,874,193,187 25.0%
Total Expenditures $14,649 $7,484,864,234 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%