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Lowell Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 1628 Washington St, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, 50702

513
Pupils
12.1
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Lowell Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Waterloo, Black Hawk County. The school has 513 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Carrie Heinzerling. It is part of the Waterloo Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Carrie Heinzerling
School district
Waterloo Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Lowell Elementary School enrolls 513 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.

Male students
259 (50%)
Female students
254 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
42.3
Student-teacher ratio
12.1:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 30% White, 28% Black or African American and 20% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White15630%
Black or African American14228%
Hispanic or Latino10120%
Two or more races6913%
Asian254.9%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander203.9%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

378 of the school's 513 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 321 qualify for free lunch and 57 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Lowell Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 31, state house district 61.

School district: Waterloo Comm School District

Lowell Elementary School is one of 18 schools in Waterloo Comm School District, based in Waterloo, Iowa. The district serves 10,635 students district-wide and employs 769 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 513 students, Lowell Elementary School is close to the district average of about 591 students per school.

10,635
District students
18
Schools
769
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

42%
Reading proficient
42%
Math proficient
23%
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: City - Small

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