Earlville Elementary School

Earlville Elementary School is a micro-enrollment elementary school in Earlville, Iowa, part of Maquoketa Valley Comm School District. The school caters to 91 students in grades pre-K through K. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Within Maquoketa Valley Comm School District, which oversees 5 schools and 702 students, Earlville Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Earlville Elementary School logs that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Delaware County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Earlville Elementary School reports 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Delaware County) records that median household income runs about $74,989, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Earlville Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Delaware County (combined enrollment of about 2,571 students).

Nearest neighbor: Maquoketa Valley Senior High School, around 4.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 102 students in 2018 compared to 91 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.