Feelhaver Elementary School

Feelhaver Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary campus in Fort Dodge, Iowa, overseen by Fort Dodge Comm School District. The school caters to 227 students in grades 1 through 5. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Across the 7 schools in Fort Dodge Comm School District (3,385 students total), Feelhaver Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Feelhaver Elementary School reports that 80% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black.

Looking at school resources, Feelhaver Elementary School lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Webster County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Feelhaver Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.2%, the actual is 65.3%, a residual of -9.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Webster County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,975 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Webster County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,678 students), of which Feelhaver Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Duncombe Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Feelhaver Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Feelhaver Elementary School has decreased 3%, going from 233 students in 2018 to 227 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 11% to 4% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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