State/Public Elementary Open

Meeker Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 300 20th Street, Ames, Story County, 50010

351
Pupils
11.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Meeker Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ames, Story County. The school has 351 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lisa Clayberg. It is part of the Ames Comm School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 57% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Lisa Clayberg
School district
Ames Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Meeker Elementary School enrolls 351 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 49% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.

Male students
173 (49%)
Female students
176 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
29.9
Student-teacher ratio
11.7:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 9.5% Two or more races and 7.7% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White25673%
Two or more races339.5%
Hispanic or Latino277.7%
Black or African American267.4%
Asian61.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

132 of the school's 351 students (38%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 108 qualify for free lunch and 24 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€“5Title I

Meeker Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 23, state house district 45.

School district: Ames Comm School District

Meeker 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 351 students, Meeker 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

67%
Reading proficient
57%
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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