Davis County Elementary

Davis County Elementary is an average-sized primary school in Bloomfield, Iowa, overseen by Davis County Comm School District. The school serves 418 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 29% larger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Across the 4 schools in Davis County Comm School District (1,147 students total), Davis County Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Davis County Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Davis County Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.6%, the actual is 64.2%, a residual of -4.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Davis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,194 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Davis County Elementary is one of 4 public schools in Davis County (combined enrollment of about 1,147 students).

Nearest neighbor: Davis County Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Davis County Elementary at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 56.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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