Alden Elementary School

Alden Elementary School is a modestly sized primary school in Alden, Iowa, operated by Alden Comm School District. The school caters to 148 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Alden Elementary School sits 54% below that benchmark.

Alden Comm School District is the operating authority for Alden Elementary School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Alden Elementary School reports that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Alden Elementary School reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hardin County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Alden Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.4%, the actual is 74.8%, a residual of -4.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hardin County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,069, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Alden Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Hardin County (combined enrollment of about 3,073 students).

The closest other public school is Pineview Elementary, roughly 4.8 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alden Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 72.9%.

Alden Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 47%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 148 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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