Irving Elementary School

As an average-sized K-5 school in Indianola, Iowa, Irving Elementary School educates 395 students from grades K through 5, part of Indianola Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Irving Elementary School sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Irving Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Indianola Comm School District, a district that teaches 3,599 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Irving Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Irving Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Warren County (around 24%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Irving Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 84.5%; this one delivers 85.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Warren County indicate median household income runs about $94,588, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Warren County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,473 students), of which Irving Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Whittier Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Irving Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 75.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Irving Elementary School has edged down 10%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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