📍 707 7th St, Belle Plaine, Benton County, 52208
Longfellow Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Belle Plaine, Benton County. The school has 286 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heather Coover. It is part of the Belle Plaine Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Longfellow Elementary School enrolls 286 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 258 | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
126 of the school's 286 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 93 qualify for free lunch and 33 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.
Longfellow 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-20, state senate district 38, state house district 75.
Longfellow Elementary School is one of 2 schools in Belle Plaine Comm School District, based in Belle Plaine, Iowa. The district serves 472 students district-wide and employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 286 students, Longfellow Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 236 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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