Carpenter Elementary School

Set in Monticello, Iowa, Carpenter Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary campus, part of Monticello Comm School District. It teaches 208 students across grades 2 through 4. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Across the 4 schools in Monticello Comm School District (999 students total), Carpenter Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Carpenter Elementary School records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Jones County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Carpenter Elementary School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Carpenter Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jones County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,531, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jones County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,693 students), Carpenter Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Shannon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Carpenter Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 74.1%.

Carpenter Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Carpenter Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 203 (now 208).

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