State/Public Elementary Open

Heritage Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 500 NE Beaverbrooke Blvd, Grimes, Polk County, 50111

586
Pupils
20.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Heritage Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grimes, Polk County. The school has 586 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Diann Williamson. It is part of the Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 87% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Diann Williamson
School district
Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Heritage Elementary enrolls 586 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.

Male students
304 (52%)
Female students
282 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
29.1
Student-teacher ratio
20.1:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“4

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 6.1% Black or African American and 5.8% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White48282%
Black or African American366.1%
Hispanic or Latino345.8%
Two or more races183.1%
Asian162.7%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

93 of the school's 586 students (16%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 86 qualify for free lunch and 7 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

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“4Supplemental Virtual

Heritage Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 20, state house district 39.

School district: Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District

Heritage Elementary is one of 7 schools in Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District, based in Grimes, Iowa. The district serves 3,760 students district-wide and employs 231 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 586 students, Heritage Elementary is close to the district average of about 537 students per school.

3,760
District students
7
Schools
231
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

77%
Reading proficient
87%
Math proficient
6%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Suburb - Large

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