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Richardson Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 3

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3301 Avenue L
Fort Madison, IA 52627
Phone
(319) 372-2765
District
Fort Madison Comm School District
County
LEE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
311
Classroom Teachers
28

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

2

(10 is best)

Better than 12.8% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Richardson Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
56%
71%
47%
66%
65%
75%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 35 11.3%
Kindergarten 68 21.9%
Grade 1 69 22.2%
Grade 2 65 20.9%
Grade 3 74 23.8%
Total 311 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.5% 87.6% 75.9%
Black 3.2% 2.9% 7.3%
Hispanic 12.9% 8.6% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.6% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.3% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 67.5% 55.0% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 62.1% 50.7% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.5% 4.3% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,823 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 72.3 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.1% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.5% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.6% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 21.5% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,151 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 7.8% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.7% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.3% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.6% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.8% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.9% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.7% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 7.2% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,788 $14,267,000 55.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $353 $647,000 2.5%
Staff $857 $1,570,000 6.1%
General Administration $320 $587,000 2.3%
School Administration $630 $1,155,000 4.5%
Operation $1,046 $1,916,000 7.4%
Transportation $434 $795,000 3.1%
Other $172 $315,000 1.2%
Total Support $3,813 $6,985,000 27.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,521 $4,619,000 17.9%
Total Expenditures $14,122 $25,871,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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