📍 801 E Henry Street, Mount Pleasant, Henry County, 52641
Van Allen Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mount Pleasant, Henry County. The school has 315 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melanie Collora. It is part of the Mount Pleasant Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Van Allen Elementary School enrolls 315 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 226 | 72% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 5.1% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
171 of the school's 315 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 152 qualify for free lunch and 19 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.
Van Allen Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 42, state house district 84.
Van Allen Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Mount Pleasant Comm School District, based in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The district serves 1,799 students district-wide and employs 144 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 315 students, Van Allen Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 257 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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