Bryant Elementary School

Bryant Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school in Dubuque, Iowa, one of the schools within Dubuque Comm School District. The school works with 299 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Dubuque Comm School District, which oversees 19 schools and 9,843 students, Bryant Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Bryant Elementary School logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 33% of students at Bryant Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Bryant Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dubuque County) records that median household income runs about $77,630, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dubuque County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,164 students), of which Bryant Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is George Washington Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bryant Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 290 students in 2018 compared to 299 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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