📍 1000 Willow Drive, Carter Lake, Pottawattamie County, 51510
Carter Lake Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Carter Lake, Pottawattamie County. The school has 361 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Teresa Hamilton. It is part of the Council Bluffs Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Carter Lake Elementary School enrolls 361 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 267 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
259 of the school's 361 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 217 qualify for free lunch and 42 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Carter Lake Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 8, state house district 15.
Carter Lake Elementary School is one of 15 schools in Council Bluffs Comm School District, based in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The district serves 8,347 students district-wide and employs 587 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 361 students, Carter Lake Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 556 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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