Margaretta Carey Elementary School
Waverly, IA · Elementary School
Margaretta Carey Elementary School is a elementary school in Waverly, IA with 237 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Margaretta Carey Elementary School is a elementary school located in Waverly, Iowa. The school serves 237 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
25% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Margaretta Carey Elementary School is part of the Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District in Iowa.
How This School Compares
Margaretta Carey Elementary School has 237 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District (329 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 2 percentage points above the district average of 60%. Compared to the Iowa state average of 53%, the school performs 9 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Margaretta Carey Elementary School has 237 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Margaretta Carey Elementary School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Margaretta Carey Elementary School is part of the Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District in Waverly, 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.