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Virgil Grissom Elementary School

500 Lost Grove Rd, Princeton, Scott County, 52768

196
Pupils
14.5
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Virgil Grissom Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Princeton, Scott County. The school has 196 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kyle Harris. It is part of the North Scott Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 77% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Kyle Harris
School district
North Scott Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Virgil Grissom Elementary School enrolls 196 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.

Male students
109 (56%)
Female students
87 (44%)
Teachers (FTE)
13.5
Student-teacher ratio
14.5:1
Grade span
Pre-K–6

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino and 2% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White17991%
Hispanic or Latino126.1%
Two or more races42%
Black or African American1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

48 of the school's 196 students (24%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 41 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

Rural, FringeGrades Pre-K–6

Virgil Grissom Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-10, state senate district 49, state house district 97.

School district: North Scott Comm School District

Virgil Grissom Elementary School is one of 7 schools in North Scott Comm School District, based in Eldridge, Iowa. The district serves 3,420 students district-wide and employs 223 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 196 students, Virgil Grissom Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 489 students per school.

3,420
District students
7
Schools
223
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

77%
Reading proficient
77%
Math proficient
7%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

📡 Campus Wi-Fi 💻 Provides devices

Setting: Rural - Fringe

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