Ireton Elementary School

Located at 303 Oak St, in Ireton, Iowa, Ireton Elementary School is a very small K-5 school that instructs 119 students (grades pre-K through 1), overseen by West Sioux Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Ireton Elementary School sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

West Sioux Comm School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 708 students. Ireton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ireton Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 35% Hispanic. By comparison, Sioux County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Ireton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sioux County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,098 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Ireton Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Sioux County (combined enrollment of about 5,321 students).

The closest other public school is West Sioux High School, roughly 8.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 137 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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