Griswold Elementary

Griswold Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school in Griswold, Iowa, one of the schools within Griswold Comm School District. The school instructs 227 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 325.

Griswold Elementary is one of 2 schools operated by Griswold Comm School District, a district that serves 420 students overall.

Demographically, Griswold Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Griswold Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Griswold Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.7%; this one delivers 67.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cass County shows median household income runs about $63,013, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Griswold Elementary is one of 13 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 3,957 students).

Nearest neighbor: Griswold Middle/High School, around 0.0 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Griswold Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 72.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

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