The top reported proficiency rate is 46% in Math. The lowest is 29% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Emden Elementary School
Emden Elementary is a small rural school serving about ninety students in kindergarten through fifth grade, located in an agricultural village in Logan County about six miles from Hartsburg, with which it shares a school district. The school is part of the Hartsburg Emden CUSD 21 district.
The academic picture shows uneven and generally weak performance across tested grades. In third-grade math, students showed the strongest results, with roughly seven in ten meeting or exceeding state proficiency standards. Fourth grade math drops sharply to about halfway meeting standards. Fifth grade is notably low, with math proficiency in the low range and English language arts proficiency around a third of students. Science proficiency in fifth grade was similarly low. English language arts results in third and fourth grades fall between forty and fifty percent proficiency, below third-grade math but above fifth-grade performance in both subjects. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades falls below the midpoint among the county's districts, positioning it among the lower-performing schools in the region. State testing criteria changed this year, making direct year-to-year comparison not possible from the data available.
The student body is small and predominantly white. About two dozen students are in second grade, with other grades ranging between ten and sixteen students. Fewer than a handful of students identify as non-white. Free and reduced lunch data were not available. Special education and English learner enrollment counts were not reported.
Emden is a village of a few hundred residents built along a railroad corridor in the 1870s and centered on grain agriculture. The local economy is tied to the Grainland Farmers cooperative grain elevator with a rail facility, along with a small bank and a handful of recent commercial openings including a restaurant that opened in 2022. Population has remained essentially stable to slightly declining. Housing in the zip code is modestly valued, below both state and national benchmarks. The village has a community library, a historic community house, and a parks district, though no public transportation. The school sits in what the data describes as a distant rural setting.
No data were provided on staffing, attendance, discipline, course breadth, or program offerings. A parent may want to reach out to the school directly to learn more about how it is working to lift the performance gap visible in the testing results, particularly in grades four and five, and to understand what supports are available for students who are not yet meeting standards.
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