AGWSR Elementary School

AGWSR Elementary School operates as a compact K-5 school in Ackley, Iowa, part of AGWSR Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 227 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so AGWSR Elementary School sits 30% below that benchmark.

AGWSR Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by AGWSR Comm School District, a district that serves 642 students overall.

In terms of who attends, AGWSR Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, AGWSR Elementary School shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Hardin County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AGWSR Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.4%.

In the broader community, Hardin County reports that median household income runs about $65,069, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Hardin County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,073 students), AGWSR Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AGWSR High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AGWSR Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 77.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. AGWSR Elementary School's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 220 (now 227). White enrollment moved from 90% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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