The top reported proficiency rate is 70% in Math. The lowest is 51% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Neil Armstrong Elementary School
Neil Armstrong Elementary School is one of five elementary schools in the Bettendorf Community School District, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school sits in a predominantly residential suburb of the Quad Cities region, a city with roots in manufacturing and a steady growth trajectory. The surrounding housing market is a high-cost area relative to the state, with home values and rents both well above the Iowa median.
This is an elementary school that serves a student body that is economically diverse. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student population also reflects racial and ethnic diversity; the largest groups are white students, followed by Black and Hispanic students, with a notable share of students who identify as two or more races. The school did not have data reported on the share of students receiving special education services or English learner support, so a parent may want to ask about those programs directly.
The academic picture comes from the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress. In math, a majority of students met the proficiency standard. In English language arts, a similar majority did. Both of these results are solid but not top tier. Science results, which are tested in a single grade, showed a share of students at proficiency that was lower than for the other subjects. Because the school only serves through fifth grade, there is no graduation rate here, and no multi-year trend data is available for comparison to earlier years. In the context of the six districts in Scott County, Neil Armstrong Elementary’s overall proficiency across subjects sits below the midpoint of the cohort. That comparison is a useful benchmark, but it reflects a single year of data for a school with a single tested grade band, so it should be read as an initial signal, not a definitive ranking.
Parents will want to know that this is a school with high participation on test day, which suggests students are present and accounted for, but that the proficiency outcomes are moderate. The school’s status as a regular public school with a pre-K program means it serves as an entry point for early education in the district. The locale is a suburban one, with the city’s schools distributed across its neighborhoods rather than concentrated in a single downtown campus. The school itself does not have a magnet or charter designation, and Title I status was not reported.
For a family sizing up Neil Armstrong Elementary, the key takeaway is straightforward. This is a school where student proficiency in math and reading is functional but not exceptional, where science performance lags, and where economic diversity is a clear part of the student profile. The surrounding community is a growing suburb with a strong industrial and civic anchor in the Quad Cities economy. A parent who wants to understand whether this school offers strong growth for their child may want to look into the specific instructional programs and support structures the school provides, as the data here does not detail course access, staffing ratios, or attendance patterns. The school itself did not have data on chronic absenteeism or discipline, so those are open questions a family would need to pursue with the school or district directly.
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