Iowa Connections Academy Elementary

Iowa Connections Academy Elementary is one of the small elementary schools in Anita, Iowa, overseen by CAM Comm School District, with 216 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Within CAM Comm School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,950 students, Iowa Connections Academy Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Iowa Connections Academy Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Cass County as a whole is about 95% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Roughly 56% of students at Iowa Connections Academy Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cass County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cass County) reports that median household income runs about $63,013, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Iowa Connections Academy Elementary is one of 13 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 3,957 students).

Iowa Connections Academy Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Iowa Connections Academy Elementary.

Iowa Connections Academy Elementary operates from a low-density location. Iowa Connections Academy Elementary delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 102%: 107 students in 2018 compared to 216 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 75% to 62% over that span.

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