Demoney Elementary

Demoney Elementary is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Estherville, Iowa, operated by Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District, with 460 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Demoney Elementary sits 42% larger than that benchmark.

Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,127 students. Demoney Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Demoney Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Demoney Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.3%, the actual is 59.4%, a residual of -5.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Emmet County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,730 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Demoney Elementary is one of 4 public schools in Emmet County (combined enrollment of about 1,297 students).

The closest other public school is Estherville Lincoln Central High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Demoney Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 70.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Demoney Elementary has decreased 15%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 68% to 61% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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