Delwood Elementary School

Set in Delmar, Iowa, Delwood Elementary School is a cozy K-5 school, part of Delwood Comm School District. It works with 142 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 325.

Delwood Elementary School sits inside Delwood Comm School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Delwood Elementary School logs that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Delwood Elementary School shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Delwood Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 71.9%; Delwood Elementary School posts 85.0%, +13.1 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clinton County) logs that median household income runs about $66,981, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Clinton County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,129 students), Delwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Maquoketa Middle School, around 5.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Delwood Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.1%.

Delwood Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Delwood Elementary School's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 177 (now 142). Over the same period, the White share rose from 89% to 94%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

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