Eisenhower Elementary School

Eisenhower Elementary School is a sprawling K-5 school in Dubuque, Iowa, one of the schools within Dubuque Comm School District. The school hosts 568 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 75% larger than typical.

Dubuque Comm School District runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 9,843 students. Eisenhower Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Eisenhower Elementary School lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eisenhower Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Dubuque County shows median household income runs about $77,630, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dubuque County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,164 students), Eisenhower Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

John Kennedy Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eisenhower Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eisenhower Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.7%.

Eisenhower Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 7%: 531 students in 2018 compared to 568 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 88% to 83%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Eisenhower Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.