Guthrie Center Elementary School

Guthrie Center Elementary School is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Guthrie Center, Iowa, part of Guthrie Center Comm School District, with 253 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 22% leaner than typical.

Within Guthrie Center Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 451 students, Guthrie Center Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Guthrie Center Elementary School records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Guthrie Center Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Guthrie Center Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Guthrie County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,711, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Guthrie County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,858 students), Guthrie Center Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Guthrie Center High School, around 1.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Guthrie Center Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 74.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Guthrie Center Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 289 (now 253). The White share of enrollment shrank from 91% to 87% over that span.

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