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Northstar Elementary School

Serves grades 3 - 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
407 W Larson
Knoxville, IA 50138
Phone
(641) 842-6527
District
KNOXVILLE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MARION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
330
Classroom Teachers
25

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

3

(10 is best)

Better than 22.4% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

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

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
55%
68%
51%
65%
58%
72%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
64%
71%
66%
73%
61%
69%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
59%
66%
58%
67%
59%
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
13
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 112 33.9%
Grade 4 104 31.5%
Grade 5 114 34.5%
Total 330 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.0% 93.4% 76.7%
Black 0.0% 0.7% 7.1%
Hispanic 6.1% 4.5% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.7% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.7% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 47.6% 39.1% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 43.9% 35.3% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.6% 3.8% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 11,801 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 77.0 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.9% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.1% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 20.6% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,003 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 6.5% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.0% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.5% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.0% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.0% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.6% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 24.4% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.9% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.2% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 10.9% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,227 $12,220,857 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $282 $476,862 2.1%
Staff $532 $899,612 4.0%
General Administration $273 $461,643 2.0%
School Administration $702 $1,187,082 5.2%
Operation $1,051 $1,777,241 7.9%
Transportation $312 $527,592 2.3%
Other $557 $941,887 4.2%
Total Support $3,709 $6,271,919 27.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,449 $4,141,259 18.3%
Total Expenditures $13,386 $22,635,726 100.0%
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%