Boyden-Hull Elementary School

Boyden-Hull Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Boyden, Iowa, one of the schools within Boyden-Hull Comm School District. The school enrolls 322 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Within Boyden-Hull Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 575 students, Boyden-Hull Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Boyden-Hull Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Boyden-Hull Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 67.9%; Boyden-Hull Elementary School posts 81.2%, +13.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sioux County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,098 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sioux County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,321 students), of which Boyden-Hull Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Boyden-Hull High School, around 6.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Boyden-Hull Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 78.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 323 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 70% to 63%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.