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Cora B Darling Elementary

Regular School · Postville, IA

Cora B Darling Elementary is a regular school school in Postville, Iowa, serving grades PK–06 with 363 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 11:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 06
Enrollment
363
Teachers (FTE)
32.9
Student–Teacher Ratio
11:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 283 78%
White 65 18%
Black or African American 13 4%
Two or more races 2 1%
Total enrollment 363 197M / 166F

English Language Learners: 153 (42% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 41.0% -23.9pp 64.9% 202
Reading Proficiency 47.0% -21.7pp 68.7% 202
Science Proficiency 30-39% 57

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.41 grade levels
Math
+0.21 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
27 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
1
0.3% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
81
22.3% of enrollment · SY 2019–20
Targeted Support School (TSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 363 100%

Contact & Location

PO BOX 717 312 W Post

Postville, IA 52162

Phone: (563)864-7653

http://www.postvilleschools.com/cora-b-darling-elementary

District

Postville Comm School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $15,830

District enrollment: 694

NCES ID

192334001377

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD