Atkins Elementary School

Set in Atkins, Iowa, Atkins Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school, part of Benton Comm School District. It teaches 394 students across grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 21% bigger than the state mean of about 325.

Within Benton Comm School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,614 students, Atkins Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Atkins Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Atkins Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Atkins Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at Atkins Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Atkins Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 82.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 83.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Benton County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,962 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Benton County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,919 students), Atkins Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Willow Elementary School, around 6.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Atkins Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 70.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Atkins Elementary School has grew 6%, going from 371 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 97% to 91%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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