Edison Elementary School

Located at 2218 3rd Avenue, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Edison Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school that educates 384 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Council Bluffs Comm School District.

Across the 15 schools in Council Bluffs Comm School District (8,299 students total), Edison Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Edison Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Edison Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Edison Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.8%, the actual is 59.8%, a residual of -8.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pottawattamie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,602 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Pottawattamie County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students), Edison Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Thomas Jefferson High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edison Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 55.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 459 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.