Fort Madison Elementary School

Fort Madison Elementary School is a large elementary school for students in Fort Madison, Iowa. Its enrollment is 932 students, spread over pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.

Across its 5 schools, Fort Madison Comm School District enrolls 2,983 students. Fort Madison Elementary School is one of those schools.

About 77% of the student body at Fort Madison Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among people living in Lee County, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. The school has 70.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Federal data show 62% of students (579) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 53% average for public schools in Lee County.

Census data for Lee County show the median household earns about $62,382 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Fort Madison Elementary School, Lee County has 13 public schools.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Fort Madison Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: 4.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.

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