GMG Elementary School

Located at 1710 Wallace Avenue, in Green Mountain, Iowa, GMG Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary-level community that instructs 271 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by GMG Comm School District.

GMG Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by GMG Comm School District, a district that hosts 476 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GMG Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school logs 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GMG Elementary School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Marshall County's rate of about 65%.

Across the wider county, census data for Marshall County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,315 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marshall County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,903 students), GMG Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Woodbury Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

GMG Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GMG Elementary School has edged down 11%, going from 304 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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