📍 3571 Sycamore St., Iowa City, Johnson County, 52240
Alexander Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Iowa City, Johnson County. The school has 345 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Katherine Thompson. It is part of the Iowa City Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alexander Elementary enrolls 345 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Black or African American, 23% White and 16% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 163 | 47% |
| White | 81 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 56 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 9.3% |
| Asian | 10 | 2.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
233 of the school's 345 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 207 qualify for free lunch and 26 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.
Alexander Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-10, state senate district 43, state house district 86.
Alexander Elementary is one of 29 schools in Iowa City Comm School District, based in Iowa City, Iowa. The district serves 15,013 students district-wide and employs 1,081 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 345 students, Alexander Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 518 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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