Earlham Elementary School

Earlham Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in Earlham, Iowa, run under Earlham Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 328 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Earlham Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Earlham Comm School District, a district that instructs 659 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Earlham Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder is composed of 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Earlham Elementary School logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Earlham Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Earlham Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Earlham Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 82.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Madison County shows median household income runs about $90,855, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Earlham Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 3,355 students).

Nearest neighbor: Earlham Senior High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Earlham Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 84.6%.

Earlham Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Earlham Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 323 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.