Denison Elementary School

Denison Elementary School is an elementary campus of well-populated scale in Denison, Iowa, overseen by Denison Comm School District, works with 691 students in grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 113% above typical.

Across the 4 schools in Denison Comm School District (2,258 students total), Denison Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Denison Elementary School records that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 25% White, 3% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Crawford County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Denison Elementary School lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Denison Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Denison Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.8%, the actual is 63.2%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Crawford County) reports that median household income runs about $67,027, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Crawford County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,007 students), Denison Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Broadway Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Denison Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 76.8%.

Denison Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 716 students in 2018 compared to 691 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 64% to 68%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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