Communities Served: The district boundaries include approximately nine square miles of Bettendorf, Iowa as well as a small section of Davenport, Iowa.

Student Enrollment: 4,837 students, preschool-12th grade (Fall 2017 Certified Enrollment)

Employees

• A staff of 650 employees
• 86 teachers (29.9%) have a Master's Degree or higher
• 6 National Board Certified Teachers on staff

9 school buildings

• 1 High School
• 1 Alternative High School Program in conjunction with Pleasant Valley and North Scott high schools
• 1 Middle School
• 6 Elementary Schools

Student Diversity: There are 21 languages spoken in the homes of our families. Student demographics:

• 78% White
• 7% Black of African-American
• 8% Hispanic
• 4% Multi-racial
• 4% Asian
• 0.3% Native American
• 1% Pacific Islander

Guidelines for Elementary Class Sizes

• Kindergarten through 3rd grade - desired maximum 22, typical range 20-13
• 4^th & 5^th grade - desired maximum 25, typical range 23-26

Computers and Technology

• We are a 1:1 school district with more than 6,500 devices serving our students and staff.
• All elementary classrooms have interactive whiteboards, with many intermediate and high schools utilizing the technology.
• Google Apps for Education workspaces facilitate "anytime, anywhere" learning for students.

Academic Rigor

• 17 advanced placement (AP) are offered at our high school
• BCSD teachers work with their peers in a PLC (Professional Learning Community) process to improve teaching and learning with high levels of learning, continuous improvement, and charting a path to lasting student achievement for all students.
• Bettendorf High School and Middle School offer students PRIDE Time & Bulldog Time programs to offer enrichment opportunities to all students.

Family Supports

• The Class of 2017 earned over $22,600 in scholarships and grants awarded through the Bettendorf Community Schools Foundation.
• BCSD offers preschool at four of our elementary schools and has early childhood partnerships with 6 community preschools that provide voluntary preschool programs for all area 4 year olds.
• Two elementary schools receive 21^st Century Community Learning Centers grants to operate before and after school program during the school year and a six-week summer program. These programs are free to participating students.
• BCSD has 3 outreach workers that work to support families in need in the district.

Weekly, teachers work together in curricular areas and across grade levels in Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to embrace high levels of learning for all students. They focus on:

1. What do we want students to know?
2. How will we know that they have learned it?
3. What do we do if they didn't learn it?
4. What do we do if they already know it?

With PRIDE (Poise, Respect, Integrity, Determination, and Excellence) Time at Bettendorf High School and Bulldog Time at Bettendorf Middle School, student enrichment opportunities are built into the student day. At the high school, students also use the PRIDE Time for additional academic support. Elementary through high school, teacher librarians coordinate Makerspace centers that encourage students to create and design with endless opportunities.

The Bettendorf Community School District is committed to providing quality learning environments and facilities to students and teachers. The district recently approved a 6-year facility plan to address building infrastructure needs and future-ready environments. Bettendorf High School was updated in 2013 with a new, state-of-the-art performing arts center. Athletic fields and tennis courts have also recently been updated. Bettendorf Middle School has undergone renovations over multiple years to upgrade the building. A new, 3-section, Grant Wood Elementary School is scheduled to open in the fall of 2018. Planning for a new Mark Twain Elementary School is also underway.

Bettendorf Middle School provides students with rigorous learning tasks through a project based learning approach. Project based learning is not a curriculum, but it is an instructional approach that presents students with real-world problems for them to solve. Project based learning connects different curricular areas, provides students with real audiences, and requires them to apply their learning at a deep level. Over the years, students of Bettendorf Middle School have participated in project based learning units that have enabled them to build tiny homes, create a community garden, plant prairie plots, partner with film students from the University of Iowa students to create movie trailers, and so much more.

The Bettendorf Community School District integrates technology in learning for each student. At Bettendorf Middle and High schools (6th - 12th grade) are 1:1 schools with Chromebooks for each student. Third through fifth-grade classrooms have Chromebooks for every two students. Students in kindergarten through 2^nd grade are supported with classroom sets of iPads.

The safety and security of Bettendorf Community School District students and staff is of utmost importance. The district has a comprehensive crisis plan developed in cooperation with Bettendorf police and local emergency management agencies. Our schools also have well-established security measures for the safety of students and staff including: visitor check-in procedures, locked doors after the start of the school day, surveillance cameras, and police liaison officer support. The district also has a Safety Hotline shared with Pleasant Valley CSD where anonymous phone messages can be left about safety concerns.

The social-emotional health of our students is essential to their learning. Our schools all have positive behavior support systems as well as counselors and behavioral support staff in place to help students have safe and healthy learning environments. Each of the district elementaries are also support with school therapy dogs working with student though school counselors and staff.