Grant Elementary School

Grant Elementary School is an average-sized primary school in Muscatine, Iowa, part of Muscatine Comm School District. The school caters to 300 students in grades K through 6.

Muscatine Comm School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,280 students; Grant Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Grant Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Muscatine County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Grant Elementary School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Grant Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Grant Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Muscatine County put the typical household earns roughly $69,396 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Muscatine County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students), of which Grant Elementary School is one.

Jefferson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grant Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.7%.

Grant Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grant Elementary School has ticked down 17%, going from 362 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 72% to 59% over that span.

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