Big Creek Elementary
Polk City, IA · Elementary School · Grades 3-5
Big Creek Elementary is a elementary school in Polk City, IA with 354 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of North Polk Comm School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Big Creek Elementary is a elementary school located in Polk City, Iowa. The school serves 354 students in grades 3-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Big Creek Elementary is part of the North Polk Comm School District in Iowa.
How This School Compares
Big Creek Elementary has 354 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in North Polk Comm School District (445 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points below the district average of 65%. Compared to the Iowa state average of 53%, the school performs 9 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Big Creek Elementary has 354 students enrolled in grades 3-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Big Creek Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Big Creek Elementary is part of the North Polk Comm School District in Polk City, Iowa. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.