Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building

Located at 530 Lincoln, in Denver, Iowa, Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that enrolls 431 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Denver Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

Denver Comm School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,007 students. Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building records that nearly all students (96%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 12% of students at Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Bremer County's rate of about 21%.

After controlling for student poverty, Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 85.9%; this one delivers 93.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bremer County put median household earnings sit near $86,784, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bremer County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,346 students), of which Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building is one.

The closest other public school is Denver Early Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 87.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 14%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 431 in 2025.

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