Bryant Elementary School

Bryant Elementary School is a high-enrollment primary school in Sioux City, Iowa, part of Sioux City Comm School District. The school enrolls 608 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Bryant Elementary School sits 87% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 21 schools in Sioux City Comm School District (14,189 students total), Bryant Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Bryant Elementary School lists that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bryant Elementary School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 71% of students at Bryant Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Woodbury County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bryant Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.2%; this one delivers 61.4%.

Around the school, census data for Woodbury County shows median household earnings sit near $73,658, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Bryant Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in Woodbury County (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students).

Perry Creek Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bryant Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 91%: 319 students in 2018 compared to 608 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 6% to 16%. Class-load math has rose: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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