Summary:
The Winterset Community School District in Iowa has one elementary school, Winterset Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school has a student population of 499, with a predominantly White student body (90.98%) and smaller percentages of Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students.
Winterset Elementary School stands out for its strong academic performance, with 3rd-grade students consistently outperforming the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics on the ISASP assessments. In the 2022-2023 school year, 70.3% of 3rd-graders were proficient in ELA, compared to the state average of 66.3%, and 76.8% were proficient in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 75.3%. This trend is projected to continue in the 2023-2024 school year, with 65.2% of 3rd-graders expected to be proficient in ELA and 77.4% in Mathematics, both exceeding the state averages.
While the school's academic performance is commendable, the data also reveals that 32.06% of its students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio of 14.7 to 1 is relatively low, which may contribute to the strong academic results. The school's per-student spending of $13,297 in the 2018-2019 school year was higher than the state average, suggesting a commitment to investing in educational resources and programs.
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