Fort Madison Elementary School

Fort Madison Elementary School is a sprawling primary school in Fort Madison, Iowa, part of Fort Madison Comm School District. The school instructs 932 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 187% larger than the state mean of about 325.

Across the 5 schools in Fort Madison Comm School District (2,983 students total), Fort Madison Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Fort Madison Elementary School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lee County (around 53%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lee County shows median household earnings sit near $62,382, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Fort Madison Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 6,014 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fort Madison Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Fort Madison Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

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