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Heritage Elementary

PublicElementaryGrades PK–4

500 NE Beaverbrooke Blvd, Grimes, IA 50111 · (515) 300-9627 · Part of Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District

Grimes’ School Grade A better than 88% of Iowa school districts

Directions
Students
530
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
20%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–4
The gist

What stands out about Heritage Elementary

  • Its own letter, A: reading and math results near the top of Iowa’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 23 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 9 pts above the state
  • Next stop for Grimes kids: DC-G Oak View

On the path

Where Grimes kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–4Heritage ElementaryYou are here
7–8DC-G Oak View537 students

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency87%
State average 64.2%
Reading / language arts77%
State average 67.8%

Its own letter, A, places these results among Iowa’s 1,177 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

500 NE Beaverbrooke Blvd, Grimes

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K197
Kindergarten67
Grade 164
Grade 257
Grade 377
Grade 468
Enrollment over time
564’20
534’21
586’22
567’23
530’24

Down 6% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 81%Black 8%Hispanic 5%Two or more races 4%Asian 2%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Heritage Elementary from Grimes families.

Other schools in Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District

The district →
South Prairie Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Grimes
A−
436 students13:1
North Ridge Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Grimes
A+
412 students15:1
Dallas Center Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Dallas Center
B
169 students12:1
Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–6 · Dallas Center
A
586 students14:1
DC-G Oak View
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Grimes
A
537 students15:1
Dallas Center-Grimes High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Grimes
A−
1,073 students17:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Iowa’s other public schools; Grimes’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.