English Valleys Elementary School

Located at 211 S College St, in North English, Iowa, English Valleys Elementary School is an intimate elementary campus that serves 183 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of English Valleys Comm School District. That puts it 44% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Across the 2 schools in English Valleys Comm School District (397 students total), English Valleys Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, English Valleys Elementary School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Iowa County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, English Valleys Elementary School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Iowa County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), English Valleys Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Iowa County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,223 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Iowa County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,580 students), English Valleys Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is English Valleys Jr-Sr High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts English Valleys Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 75.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 36%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 183 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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