Creston Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Creston, Iowa, Creston Elementary School serves 416 students from grades 1 through 5, part of Creston Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 28% larger than typical.

Creston Comm School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,303 students; Creston Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Creston Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Creston Elementary School lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Creston Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 67.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Union County shows median household income runs about $57,772, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Creston Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 1,746 students).

Nearest neighbor: Creston Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Creston Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Creston Elementary School's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 416).

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