CR-B Elementary School

As an intimate primary school in Coon Rapids, Iowa, CR-B Elementary School educates 233 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Coon Rapids-Bayard Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so CR-B Elementary School sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Coon Rapids-Bayard Comm School District (447 students total), CR-B Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, CR-B Elementary School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Carroll County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, CR-B Elementary School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting CR-B Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Carroll County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CR-B Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 66.8%; this one delivers 77.8%, a residual of +10.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Carroll County) logs that median household earnings sit near $72,930, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Carroll County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,912 students), of which CR-B Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CR-B Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 76.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 15%: 203 students in 2018 compared to 233 in 2025.

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