Colfax-Mingo Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary school in Colfax, Iowa, Colfax-Mingo Elementary School caters to 399 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Colfax-Mingo Comm School District. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Colfax-Mingo Comm School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 686 students; Colfax-Mingo Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Colfax-Mingo Elementary School lists that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Colfax-Mingo Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Colfax-Mingo Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.7%.

Around the school, Jasper County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,311, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Jasper County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,668 students), of which Colfax-Mingo Elementary School is one.

Colfax-Mingo Jr/Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Colfax-Mingo Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 74.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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