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Norwalk Community

Lakewood Elementary

4th grade

Jenny Sinclair 

By: Charlcie Helvey,Karen Hutton, Jaylee Pierce, and  McKenzie Potter 

The Progressive Era

      From our research, we can conclude that Norwalk is an affluent, homogeneous neighborhood.  The median household income is $78,980 and 95% of the city is white.  Enrollment in the school is 90% white and divided evenly between males and females.  Only 19% of the school district is eligible for free or reduced lunch.  In the state of Iowa, 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch.

(source:https://www.educateiowa.gov/documents/district-level/2015/12/2015-16-iowa-public-school-k-12-students-eligible-free-and-reduced)

    The students in Norwalk also test higher on the Iowa Assessments than the state average.  In the 2015-2016 school year, the fourth grade class in Norwalk tested at 86% proficient.  In the same school year, the fourth graders for the entire state of Iowa only tested at 75.6% proficient.  They have a student to teacher ratio of 15:1.  From this data, we can conclude that the students in Norwalk receive adequate attention from their teachers.

(source:https://www.educateiowa.gov/documents/ayp/2016/10/2015-2016-adequate-yearly-progress-ayp-math-reading-bydistrict-grade)

    With these statistics in mind, we conclude that the average student in Norwalk is from a middle to upper-middle class family, with great opportunities for success.  We may need to discuss privilege with these students.  We may also want to help them expand their cultural knowledge, because their community is so homogeneous.

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