Grant Wood Elementary School

Set in Bettendorf, Iowa, Grant Wood Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, part of Bettendorf Comm School District. It educates 433 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% above the state mean of about 325.

Grant Wood Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Bettendorf Comm School District, a district that caters to 4,257 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Grant Wood Elementary School lists that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 21% Black, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Scott County (around 38%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Grant Wood Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.3%, the actual is 68.9%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Scott County indicate median household income runs about $78,277, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Grant Wood Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students).

Bettendorf Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grant Wood Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 12%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 68% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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