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Horace Mann Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1523 N Court St, Ottumwa, Wapello County, 52501

240
Pupils
15.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Horace Mann Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ottumwa, Wapello County. The school has 240 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kristi Ridgeway. It is part of the Ottumwa Comm School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Kristi Ridgeway
School district
Ottumwa Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Horace Mann Elementary School enrolls 240 students across grades Kโ€“5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.

Male students
113 (47%)
Female students
127 (53%)
Teachers (FTE)
15.9
Student-teacher ratio
15.1:1
Grade span
Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 11% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White14962%
Hispanic or Latino4117%
Black or African American2611%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander145.8%
Asian62.5%
Two or more races41.7%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

93 of the school's 240 students (39%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 88 qualify for free lunch and 5 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

Town, RemoteGrades Kโ€“5Title I

Horace Mann Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 41, state house district 81.

School district: Ottumwa Comm School District

Horace Mann Elementary School is one of 11 schools in Ottumwa Comm School District, based in Ottumwa, Iowa. The district serves 5,024 students district-wide and employs 317 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 240 students, Horace Mann Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 457 students per school.

5,024
District students
11
Schools
317
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

72%
Reading proficient
67%
Math proficient
11%
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: Town - Remote

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