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East Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 2

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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
1103 First Street West
Independence, IA 50644
Phone
(319) 334-7425
District
INDEPENDENCE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
BUCHANAN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
293
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

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

80 60 40 20 0
No Data
68%
No Data
70%
No Data
65%
    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
12
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 105 35.8%
Grade 1 103 35.2%
Grade 2 85 29.0%
Total 293 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.5% 95.6% 76.7%
Black 0.4% 0.6% 7.1%
Hispanic 6.1% 3.6% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.1% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 38.9% 34.7% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 32.8% 29.4% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.1% 5.3% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,133 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 54.5 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.2% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.0% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.3% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 20.7% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,681 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 8.6% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.3% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.2% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.3% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.5% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 19.7% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.2% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.8% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.9% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 8.6% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,534 $10,653,076 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $431 $609,434 3.2%
Staff $567 $801,738 4.2%
General Administration $266 $376,124 2.0%
School Administration $587 $830,018 4.4%
Operation $972 $1,374,408 7.3%
Transportation $484 $684,376 3.6%
Other $596 $842,744 4.5%
Total Support $3,903 $5,518,842 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,931 $2,730,434 14.4%
Total Expenditures $13,368 $18,902,352 100.0%
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%