Edward White Elementary School

Located at 121 S 5th St, in Eldridge, Iowa, Edward White Elementary School is a well-populated elementary school that caters to 556 students (grades K through 6), run under North Scott Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 71% above typical.

North Scott Comm School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,335 students; Edward White Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Edward White Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Edward White Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at Edward White Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Edward White Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.6%, the actual is 81.9%, a residual of +4.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Scott County indicate median household income runs about $78,277, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Scott County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), Edward White Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

North Scott High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edward White Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 66.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Edward White Elementary School's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 523 (now 556). Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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