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Diagonal 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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
403 W 2nd Street
Diagonal, IA 50845
Phone
(641) 734-5331
District
Diagonal Comm School District
County
RINGGOLD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
58
Classroom Teachers
7

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.5% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Diagonal Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
69%
81%
68%
81%
71%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
9
8
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 8 13.8%
Kindergarten 11 19.0%
Grade 1 6 10.3%
Grade 2 8 13.8%
Grade 3 7 12.1%
Grade 4 7 12.1%
Grade 5 11 19.0%
Total 58 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 98.3% 99.1% 75.9%
Black 1.7% 0.9% 7.3%
Hispanic 0.0% 0.0% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 48.3% 51.4% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 27.6% 35.5% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 20.7% 15.9% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 813 3,207,004
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 9.6 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.4% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 29.5% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.4% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 16.9% 24.2%
65 OR OLDER 26.8% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 268 1,303,763
Single Parent Households With Children 9.9% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.6% 93.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.8% 30.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.4% 16.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.2% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 31.3% 14.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 26.5% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.9% 15.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.2% 10.5%
$15,000 or less 4.5% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,664 $1,034,000 41.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $598 $64,000 2.6%
Staff $477 $51,000 2.0%
General Administration $1,393 $149,000 6.0%
School Administration $1,271 $136,000 5.4%
Operation $2,075 $222,000 8.9%
Transportation $692 $74,000 3.0%
Other $0 $0 0.0%
Total Support $6,505 $696,000 27.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,168 $767,000 30.7%
Total Expenditures $23,336 $2,497,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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