Gladbrook-Reinbeck Preschool

Located at 409 Washington St, in Gladbrook, Iowa, Gladbrook-Reinbeck Preschool is an one-room-style elementary campus that enrolls 11 students (grade pre-K), operated by Gladbrook-Reinbeck Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 97% leaner than the state mean of about 325.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 480 students. Gladbrook-Reinbeck Preschool is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Gladbrook-Reinbeck Preschool lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Gladbrook-Reinbeck Preschool tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tama County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tama County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,781 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tama County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,770 students), of which Gladbrook-Reinbeck Preschool is one.

The closest other public school is GMG Secondary School, roughly 6.5 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

On this page, members of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Preschool community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.