📍 105 E Main St, Slater, Story County, 50244
Ballard West Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Slater, Story County. The school has 472 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Johnson. It is part of the Ballard Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a rural setting. The school employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Ballard West Elementary enrolls 472 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 6.8% Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 423 | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 6.8% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.5% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
82 of the school's 472 students (17%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 71 qualify for free lunch and 11 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.
Ballard West Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 24, state house district 48.
Ballard West Elementary is one of 4 schools in Ballard Comm School District, based in Huxley, Iowa. The district serves 1,966 students district-wide and employs 127 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 472 students, Ballard West Elementary is close to the district average of about 492 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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