Corse Early Childhood Center

Corse Early Childhood Center is a low-enrollment elementary school located in Burlington, Iowa. It enrolls 177 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K. That puts enrollment 46% below the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa.

Burlington Comm School District is the local district for Corse Early Childhood Center. It runs 8 schools with 3,140 students.

The share of White students at Corse Early Childhood Center is 58%, a majority. The school is also 18% Black, 18% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. That is lower than the 86% White share among all Des Moines County residents. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Corse Early Childhood Center are from different groups.

A staff of 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.6:1. Across elementary schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 13.7:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 28%. The 45% average for public schools in Des Moines County is 17 points higher.

For Des Moines County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $62,928 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Corse Early Childhood Center, Des Moines County has 15 public schools.

About 0.8 miles separate Corse Early Childhood Center from the closest public school, Burlington Community High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Enrollment was 177 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 128. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 18.3:1 to 23.6:1.

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