Adair-Casey Elementary School

As a cozy elementary-level community in Adair, Iowa, Adair-Casey Elementary School enrolls 160 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Adair-Casey Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 51% leaner than the state mean of about 325.

Within Adair-Casey Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 260 students, Adair-Casey Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Adair-Casey Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder is composed of 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Adair-Casey Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Guthrie County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Adair-Casey Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.9%, the actual is 77.0%, a residual of +9.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Guthrie County) records that median household income runs about $77,711, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Guthrie County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,858 students), Adair-Casey Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Adair-Casey Jr. High School, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Adair-Casey Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 76.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Adair-Casey Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 13% since 2018, when it stood at 141 (now 160). White enrollment moved from 94% to 83% across the same window.

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