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Orange Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 5805 Kimball Ave, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, 50701

521
Pupils
13.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Orange Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Waterloo, Black Hawk County. The school has 521 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Ross Bauer. It is part of the Waterloo Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 69% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Ross Bauer
School district
Waterloo Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Orange Elementary School enrolls 521 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.

Male students
273 (52%)
Female students
248 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
37.8
Student-teacher ratio
13.8:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 9.4% Two or more races and 8.3% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White38574%
Two or more races499.4%
Hispanic or Latino438.3%
Black or African American346.5%
Asian61.2%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander3<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

278 of the school's 521 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 210 qualify for free lunch and 68 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

Rural, FringeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Orange Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 30, state house district 60.

School district: Waterloo Comm School District

Orange 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 521 students, Orange 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

67%
Reading proficient
69%
Math proficient
12%
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: Rural - Fringe

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