Anthon Elementary

Set in Anthon, Iowa, Anthon Elementary is a minimally staffed K-5 school, part of Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District. It serves 64 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 80% leaner than typical.

Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 602 students. Anthon Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Anthon Elementary logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 5% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Anthon Elementary has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at Anthon Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Woodbury County's rate of about 60%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Woodbury County) logs that median household earnings sit near $73,658, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Woodbury County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students), Anthon Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MVAO Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 39%: 105 students in 2018 compared to 64 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.