East Sac County Elementary

East Sac County Elementary, a medium-sized elementary-level community in Sac City, Iowa, one of the schools within East Sac County Comm School District, serves 433 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 33% bigger than the state mean of about 325.

East Sac County Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by East Sac County Comm School District, a district that works with 777 students overall.

On the student-mix side, East Sac County Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, East Sac County Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.0%.

Around the school, Sac County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,838, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sac County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,362 students), of which East Sac County Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is East Sac County High School, roughly 7.9 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Sac County Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 73.8%.

East Sac County Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. East Sac County Elementary's enrollment has edged up 123% since 2018, when it stood at 194 (now 433). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 95% to 90%.

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