Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Iowa
http://www.state.ia.us/educate/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

377

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
834	293	376	28	7

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
15:1	14:1	14:1

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
14,897	6,846	11,166	627	155

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	338,422	326,051
9-12 (CCD)	140,064	155,834
Pre-K (by state definition)	3,417	3,294

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 51.3%, Local 43.2%, Federal 5.3%, Intermediate 0.2%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	0.3%	0.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.3	1.7
Black	2.7	3.6
Hispanic	1.1	2.8
White	94.5	91.4

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
11.1%	12.6%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
3,603	7,304

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
1,330	5,052

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
3.4%	2.9%

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
64%	67%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program
(CCD, 1998-99)

For 0 to 34%, 1,344 schools; 35 to 49%, 114 schools; 50 to 74%, 68 schools; and 75 to 100%, 12 schools.

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
None, goals established locally

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
None

Indicators for School Accountability
None

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Districts set targets, same for Title I and all schools

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
730 (83.1%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	49,680
9-12	88
Pre-K	n/a

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	556	149
Asian/Pacific Islander	508	316
Black	3,853	1,019
Hispanic	2,411	1,187
White	16,878	29,633

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$54,102,575

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 5 schools with schoolwide programs and 878 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 87 schoolwide, 689 targeted assistance; in 1999, 106 schoolwide, 772 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Iowa Test of Basic Skills, Forms K and L
Scores reported are two-year average

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards did not meet review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient" used since 1997
Intermediate: Definitions are grade-specific and available in Appendix A.

Exclusion from Assessment
LEP and limited exclusion for Special Education Students

Other Assessments
Local school district decision

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading
		Low	Intermediate	High
All Students		31.4%	53.7%	14.9%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Low	Intermediate	High
All Students		28.5%	56.1%	15.4%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 8

Reading
		Low	Intermediate	High
All Students		28.7%	56.6%	14.2%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Low	Intermediate	High
All Students		25.0%	57.4%	17.8%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 11

Reading
	Low	Intermediate	High
All Students	23.7%	57.4%	19.0%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Low	Intermediate	High
All Students	18.6%	54.0%	27.4%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	35%	n/a
Basic level and above	70%	n/a
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	28%	n/a
Basic level and above	78%	n/a