Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School

Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School is a K-5 school of compact scale in Dysart, Iowa, one of the schools within Union Comm School District, educateing 219 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 33% leaner than typical.

Union Comm School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 952 students. Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tama County (around 56%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, Tama County reports that median household income runs about $70,781, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Tama County (combined enrollment of about 2,770 students).

Nearest neighbor: Union Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 179 (now 219).

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