Bronson Elementary School

Bronson Elementary School is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Bronson, Iowa, operated by Lawton-Bronson Comm School District, with 390 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 2 schools in Lawton-Bronson Comm School District (729 students total), Bronson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Bronson Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder is composed of 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Bronson Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Woodbury County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bronson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.3%, the actual is 82.5%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Woodbury County put median household income runs about $73,658, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Woodbury County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students), Bronson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School, roughly 5.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Bronson Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 78.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bronson Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 8% since 2018, when it stood at 361 (now 390).

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