The top reported proficiency rate is 86% in Math. The lowest is 64% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on La Porte City Elementary School
La Porte City Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in the Union Community School District, a regular public school in the small town of La Porte City, Iowa. The town sits in Black Hawk County, part of the Waterloo–Cedar Falls metropolitan area, and has a historic brick Main Street with small local businesses, a veteran’s memorial, a city park, and a trail network. The population has been stable to slightly declining, and new residential development is occurring to the north and west. The school itself is located on Fillmore Street, integrated into the community rather than on a remote campus.
The school is a regular public elementary school, not a charter or magnet. It serves prekindergarten through fifth grade, and its enrollment is small for that grade band. The student body is predominantly White, with a small share of Hispanic students and very small numbers of students from other racial backgrounds. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of economic need. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available in the provided records.
On state assessments, La Porte City Elementary posted strong results in reading and math. In English language arts, a large majority of students scored proficient or above, and in math the share was similarly high. Science proficiency was lower, with roughly three out of five students meeting the bar. The school’s overall proficiency index, which averages results across tested subjects and grades, placed it in the bottom quartile among districts in Black Hawk County. That comparison set includes five other districts, and the school’s index was below the county median. The gap was driven primarily by the science score, which was notably lower than the reading and math results. Only one year of assessment data was available, so there is no trend to examine.
The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report. Chronic absenteeism data was also not available. The school had very high participation rates on state tests, with nearly all students taking the assessments.
La Porte City Elementary is part of the Union Community School District, which was formed by merging the former La Porte City and Dysart-Geneseo districts. No recent district-level changes of lasting parent impact were found in publicly available records. The school itself is a regular public elementary school, not a charter or magnet, and no Title I status was reported.
Housing in La Porte City is moderately priced relative to national benchmarks, with home values near the state average. The town’s population has been essentially flat to slightly declining, and new residential development is occurring to the north and west. The town’s commercial core is a brick Main Street with small businesses, and outdoor recreation is a draw, with a trail network, Wolf Creek for kayaking, and several parks. The school is located on Fillmore Street, within the residential fabric of the town.
For a family considering La Porte City Elementary, the academic picture is one of strong reading and math performance at the elementary level, with science as a relative soft spot that a parent may want to look into further with the school. The school is small, the student body is economically mixed but predominantly White, and the community is a stable, slow-growth small town with a traditional Main Street and outdoor amenities. The district has no recent major changes publicly reported. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate or advanced coursework to consider.
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