Boyer Valley Elementary School

Located at 212 School St, in Dow City, Iowa, Boyer Valley Elementary School is a close-knit primary school that caters to 208 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Boyer Valley Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 325.

Across the 2 schools in Boyer Valley Comm School District (427 students total), Boyer Valley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Boyer Valley Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Crawford County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Boyer Valley Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Boyer Valley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Crawford County's rate of about 59%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Crawford County indicate median household income runs about $67,027, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Crawford County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,007 students), Boyer Valley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Boyer Valley Middle/High School, around 7.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Boyer Valley Elementary School has fell 3%, going from 215 students in 2018 to 208 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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