Jefferson Elementary School

Jefferson Elementary School is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Muscatine, Iowa, overseen by Muscatine Comm School District, educateing 441 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Jefferson Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Muscatine Comm School District, a district that instructs 4,280 students overall.

On demographics, Jefferson Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 36% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Muscatine County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jefferson Elementary School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Muscatine County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, Jefferson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Muscatine County put the typical household earns roughly $69,396 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Muscatine County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students), of which Jefferson Elementary School is one.

Grant Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 64.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 450 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share shrank from 46% to 36%.

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