E A Kreft Primary School

E A Kreft Primary School is a high-enrollment primary school in Council Bluffs, Iowa, one of the schools within Lewis Central Comm School District. The school works with 502 students in grades pre-K through 1. That puts it 54% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Across the 4 schools in Lewis Central Comm School District (3,143 students total), E A Kreft Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, E A Kreft Primary School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Pottawattamie County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Pottawattamie County) records that median household earnings sit near $73,602, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pottawattamie County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students), of which E A Kreft Primary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: BANCROFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 502 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 14% across the same window.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.