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West Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 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
306 S Park Lane Dr
Knoxville, IA 50138
Phone
(641) 842-2185
District
KNOXVILLE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MARION COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
426
Classroom Teachers
31

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)

West 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
14
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 pk 55 12.9%
Kindergarten 135 31.7%
Grade 1 105 24.6%
Grade 2 131 30.8%
Total 426 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.1% 93.4% 76.7%
Black 1.5% 0.7% 7.1%
Hispanic 3.9% 4.5% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.7% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.7% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 40.6% 39.1% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 37.1% 35.3% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.5% 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%

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