Adams Elementary School

Set in Carroll, Iowa, Adams Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary-level community, operated by Carroll Comm School District. It serves 232 students across grades 3 through 4. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Adams Elementary School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Adams Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Carroll Comm School District, a district that instructs 1,593 students overall.

Demographically, Adams Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Carroll County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Adams Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Adams Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Adams Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.7%, the actual is 72.4%, a residual of +2.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Carroll County indicate the typical household earns roughly $72,930 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Carroll County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,912 students), Adams Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Fairview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Adams Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.2%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Adams Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 232). The White share of enrollment fell from 83% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.