Cresco Early Childhood Development Center

Located at 1135 Canterbury St., in Cresco, Iowa, Cresco Early Childhood Development Center is a micro-enrollment elementary campus that serves 43 students (grade pre-K), overseen by Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 87% leaner than the state mean of about 325.

Across the 4 schools in Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District (1,021 students total), Cresco Early Childhood Development Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cresco Early Childhood Development Center records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Howard County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cresco Early Childhood Development Center has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Howard County) records that median household income runs about $67,446, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Howard County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,452 students), Cresco Early Childhood Development Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Crestwood High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 45 students in 2018 compared to 43 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Cresco Early Childhood Development Center community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.