State/Public Elementary Open

Prescott Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1151 White St, Dubuque, Dubuque County, 52001

370
Pupils
8.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Prescott Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dubuque, Dubuque County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Chris Nugent. It is part of the Dubuque Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Chris Nugent
School district
Dubuque Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Prescott Elementary School enrolls 370 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.

Male students
182 (49%)
Female students
188 (51%)
Teachers (FTE)
44.8
Student-teacher ratio
8.3:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Black or African American, 33% White and 17% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American14038%
White12133%
Two or more races6317%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander277.3%
Hispanic or Latino174.6%
Asian1<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

283 of the school's 370 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 268 qualify for free lunch and 15 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 Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Prescott Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 50, state house district 100.

School district: Dubuque Comm School District

Prescott Elementary School is one of 18 schools in Dubuque Comm School District, based in Dubuque, Iowa. The district serves 10,262 students district-wide and employs 819 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 370 students, Prescott Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 570 students per school.

10,262
District students
18
Schools
819
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

27%
Reading proficient
27%
Math proficient
23%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Small

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