Cora B Darling Elementary

Set in Postville, Iowa, Cora B Darling Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Postville Comm School District. It enrolls 363 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 4 schools in Postville Comm School District (737 students total), Cora B Darling Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cora B Darling Elementary lists that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 18% White, 4% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the income-and-resources front, Cora B Darling Elementary shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Cora B Darling Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at Cora B Darling Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Allamakee County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cora B Darling Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Allamakee County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,694, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Allamakee County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,183 students), of which Cora B Darling Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: John R Mott Jr/Hi School, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cora B Darling Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 71.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cora B Darling Elementary has edged down 13%, going from 415 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 78% across the same window.

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