Hunt Elementary School

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Sioux City, Iowa, Hunt Elementary School teaches 451 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Sioux City Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 39% bigger than typical.

Sioux City Comm School District runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 14,189 students. Hunt Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hunt Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 15% Black, 11% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Hunt Elementary School logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Woodbury County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hunt Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 52.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Woodbury County indicate median household income runs about $73,658, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Woodbury County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students), Hunt Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Liberty Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hunt Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hunt Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 46%: 308 students in 2018 compared to 451 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 51% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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