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Sawyer Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 4316 Ontario St, Ames, Story County, 50010

367
Pupils
12.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Sawyer Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ames, Story County. The school has 367 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nicole Coronado. It is part of the Ames Comm School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Nicole Coronado
School district
Ames Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Sawyer Elementary School enrolls 367 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.

Male students
182 (50%)
Female students
184 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
29.4
Student-teacher ratio
12.5:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 11% Two or more races and 9% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White24467%
Two or more races3911%
Black or African American339%
Hispanic or Latino308.2%
Asian205.5%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

113 of the school's 367 students (31%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 103 qualify for free lunch and 10 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.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Kโ€“5

Sawyer Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 23, state house district 46.

School district: Ames Comm School District

Sawyer Elementary School is one of 8 schools in Ames Comm School District, based in Ames, Iowa. The district serves 4,728 students district-wide and employs 340 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 367 students, Sawyer Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 591 students per school.

4,728
District students
8
Schools
340
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

62%
Reading proficient
62%
Math proficient
9%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Small

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