Adel Elementary School

Adel Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Adel, Iowa, one of the schools within Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District, serves 403 students, covering grades pre-K through 1. Enrollment runs roughly 24% larger than the state mean of about 325.

Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,278 students; Adel Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Adel Elementary School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Adel Elementary School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Adel Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at Adel Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dallas County) logs that median household earnings sit near $102,379, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dallas County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students), Adel Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Meadow View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Adel Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Adel Elementary School has shrank 21%, going from 509 students in 2018 to 403 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.