Edgewood-Colesburg Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Colesburg, Iowa, Edgewood-Colesburg Elementary School works with 284 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Edgewood-Colesburg Comm School District.

Edgewood-Colesburg Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Edgewood-Colesburg Comm School District, a district that hosts 490 students overall.

On demographics, Edgewood-Colesburg Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 38% 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, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,989 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Delaware County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,571 students), of which Edgewood-Colesburg Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Edgewood-Colesburg High School, around 10.6 miles off.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edgewood-Colesburg Elementary School has declined 7%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 284 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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