📍 1009 Main St, Alta, Buena Vista County, 51002
Alta Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alta, Buena Vista County. The school has 237 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tim Scott. It is part of the Alta-Aurelia Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in a rural setting. The school employs 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Alta Elementary School enrolls 237 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 156 | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 61 | 26% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 14 | 5.9% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.3% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
98 of the school's 237 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 89 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alta Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 6, state house district 11.
Alta Elementary School is one of 4 schools in Alta-Aurelia Comm School District, based in Alta, Iowa. The district serves 829 students district-wide and employs 66 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 237 students, Alta Elementary School is close to the district average of about 207 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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