📍 203 Tomahawk Trail, Shellsburg, Benton County, 52332
Shellsburg Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Shellsburg, Benton County. The school has 234 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ryan Davis. It is part of the Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 87% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Shellsburg Elementary School enrolls 234 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% White, 4.3% Two or more races and 1.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 220 | 94% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 4.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
99 of the school's 234 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 81 qualify for free lunch and 18 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.
Shellsburg Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 38, state house district 75.
Shellsburg Elementary School is one of 4 schools in Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District, based in Vinton, Iowa. The district serves 1,558 students district-wide and employs 114 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 234 students, Shellsburg Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 390 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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