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South Prairie Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
500 S James St
Grimes, IA 50111
Phone
(515) 986-4057
District
Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District
County
POLK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
452
Classroom Teachers
32

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

9

(10 is best)

Better than 84.6% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

South Prairie Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
87%
71%
84%
66%
89%
75%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
73%
80%
73%
83%
73%
    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
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 121 26.8%
Grade 1 85 18.8%
Grade 2 92 20.4%
Grade 3 85 18.8%
Grade 4 69 15.3%
Total 452 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.2% 88.9% 75.9%
Black 12.0% 5.0% 7.3%
Hispanic 4.2% 4.5% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 1.6% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 24.3% 17.4% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 21.5% 15.0% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.9% 2.5% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,635 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 185.3 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.1% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.5% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.3% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.7% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 8.4% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,534 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 6.6% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.7% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 45.7% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.6% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 32.8% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.4% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.0% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.4% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.7% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 3.1% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,943 $22,389,000 35.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $307 $1,156,000 1.8%
Staff $648 $2,440,000 3.9%
General Administration $244 $918,000 1.5%
School Administration $420 $1,582,000 2.5%
Operation $1,065 $4,013,000 6.3%
Transportation $313 $1,180,000 1.9%
Other $138 $518,000 0.8%
Total Support $3,134 $11,807,000 18.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $7,713 $29,055,000 45.9%
Total Expenditures $16,791 $63,251,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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