Hudson Elementary School

Hudson Elementary School, a roomy K-5 school in Hudson, Iowa, run under Hudson Comm School District, hosts 562 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 73% larger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Hudson Comm School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 933 students. Hudson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hudson Elementary School lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Black Hawk County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hudson Elementary School lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 26% of students at Hudson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Black Hawk County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hudson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.0%, the actual is 80.9%, a residual of +1.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Black Hawk County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,417 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Black Hawk County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,224 students), Hudson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hudson High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Hudson Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 70.6%.

Hudson Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 29%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 562 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.