Epworth Elementary School

Epworth Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized primary school in Epworth, Iowa, part of Western Dubuque Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 360 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 8 schools in Western Dubuque Comm School District (3,643 students total), Epworth Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Epworth Elementary School logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dubuque County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Epworth Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dubuque County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Epworth Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 82.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dubuque County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,630 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Epworth Elementary School is one of 26 public schools in Dubuque County (combined enrollment of about 13,164 students).

The closest other public school is Western Dubuque High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Epworth Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 79.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Epworth Elementary School's enrollment has increased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 289 (now 360). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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