Collins-Maxwell Elementary School

Located at 416 Fourth Avenue, in Collins, Iowa, Collins-Maxwell Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school that teaches 182 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Collins-Maxwell Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 44% leaner than the state mean of about 325.

Collins-Maxwell Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Collins-Maxwell Comm School District, a district that educates 372 students overall.

On demographics, Collins-Maxwell Elementary School shows that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Collins-Maxwell Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Story County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Collins-Maxwell Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.3%, the actual is 80.4%, a residual of +9.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Story County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,685 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Story County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,665 students), Collins-Maxwell Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School, around 4.9 miles off. 4 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 Collins-Maxwell Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 75.3%.

Collins-Maxwell Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School has contracted 9%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 182 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.