Total enrollment
4,280
-376 (-8%) vs SY 2020-21
9 schools in Muscatine Comm School District
Iowa · 4,280 students · 1 city
Muscatine Comm School District's 9 public K-12 schools collectively enroll about 4,280 students across 7 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high.
4-year change in Muscatine Comm School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
9
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Muscatine Comm School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Iowa | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #148 of 169 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 4,280 | #21 of 234 | #2,270 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 9 | #20 of 234 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #63 of 234 | #3,387 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 49.5% | #48 of 234 | #4,246 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #15 of 119 | #1,960 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Muscatine Comm School District
State test results across the district's 8 scored schools run from Mulberry Elementary School at 73.6% proficient to McKinley Elementary School at 53.8%, a gap of 19.8 points. That is the 23rd widest gap among 56 Iowa districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 8 district schools that reported both years went from 3,781 to 3,736 students (down 1%) and from 290 to 279 full-time teachers (down 4%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscatine High School | Muscatine | High | 09-12 | 1,380 |
| Susan Clark Junior High | Muscatine | Middle | 07-08 | 544 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Muscatine | Elementary | KG-06 | 441 |
| McKinley Elementary School | Muscatine | Elementary | KG-06 | 394 |
| Madison Elementary School | Muscatine | Elementary | KG-06 | 372 |
| Grant Elementary School | Muscatine | Elementary | KG-06 | 300 |
| Franklin Elementary School | Muscatine | Elementary | KG-06 | 295 |
| Mulberry Elementary School | Muscatine | Elementary | KG-06 | 293 |
| Muskie Early Learning Center | Muscatine | Elementary | PK-PK | 261 |
About Muscatine Comm School District
Muscatine Comm School District is a rural-scale Iowa school district running 9 schools with combined enrollment near 4,280.
For a sense of the school types, Muscatine Comm School District covers 7 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school.
Average enrollment per school in Muscatine Comm School District is about 476, meaningfully above the Iowa average of roughly 376.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 8%: 4,656 students in SY 2020-21 versus 4,280 in SY 2024-25.
On allk12, the community for Muscatine Comm School District discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.