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Essex 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
111 Forbes St
Essex, IA 51638
Phone
(712) 379-3114
District
ESSEX COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
PAGE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
102
Classroom Teachers
9

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

5

(10 is best)

Better than 49.5% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

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

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
45%
68%
45%
65%
45%
72%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
83%
71%
75%
73%
91%
69%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
83%
66%
83%
67%
83%
64%
    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
11
9
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 20 19.6%
Kindergarten 10 9.8%
Grade 1 22 21.6%
Grade 2 14 13.7%
Grade 3 11 10.8%
Grade 4 12 11.8%
Grade 5 13 12.7%
Total 102 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.9% 94.8% 76.7%
Black 0.0% 0.5% 7.1%
Hispanic 2.0% 4.2% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.5% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 52.0% 47.5% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 41.2% 38.9% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.8% 8.6% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,309 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 14.6 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.5% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.6% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.8% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 33.5% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 26.6% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 613 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 4.2% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.8% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.7% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.4% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.7% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.7% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.6% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.8% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.4% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 20.4% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,550 $1,633,050 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $222 $37,962 1.2%
Staff $854 $146,034 4.6%
General Administration $181 $30,951 1.0%
School Administration $1,205 $206,055 6.5%
Operation $1,275 $218,025 6.8%
Transportation $526 $89,946 2.8%
Other $88 $15,048 0.5%
Total Support $4,351 $744,021 23.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,749 $812,079 25.5%
Total Expenditures $18,649 $3,188,979 100.0%
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%