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Shimek Elementary
1400 Grissel Place
Iowa City, IA 52245
Phone: (319) 688-1160

Charles Towers, Principal
towers@iowa-city.k12.ia.us

Opened in 1970, named for Bohumil Shimek, former City High teacher and University of Iowa botany professor.

Iowa City Community School District
Students completing Shimek Elementary attend South East Junior High.

Total number of students: 244
Total number of classroom teachers: 11
Average class size: 22
There are 8.1 students for every staff member in the school

To register for classes, call:
(319) 688-1160
The average district elementary student is present 96.2 percent of class days.

Iowa Tests of Basic Skills scores (as of 10/00):

Grade
Core Total
Reading
Language
Math
3rd
71
73
65
72
4th
74
73
76
77
5th
78
80
69
79
6th
66
70
60
68

Busing/transportation availability and requirements: Four buses, must live at least two miles from school

Student enrollment distribution in the school by ethnicity in the following categories: African American, 6.15 percent; Asian, 2.05 percent; Caucasian, 90.16 percent; Hispanic/Latino, 1.64 percent; Native American, 00 percent


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