Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School

Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School is one of the compact elementary campuss in Urbana, Iowa, run under Center Point-Urbana Comm School District, with 275 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5.

Across the 4 schools in Center Point-Urbana Comm School District (1,370 students total), Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder reads as 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Benton County's rate of about 37%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Benton County indicate median household income runs about $86,962, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Benton County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,919 students), of which Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School is one.

Center Point-Urbana High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Center Point-Urbana Intermediate School's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 342 (now 275). Over the same period, the White share fell from 94% to 87%. Class-load math has tightened: from 35.1:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.