John Cline Elementary School

As a mid-sized K-5 school in Decorah, Iowa, John Cline Elementary School caters to 300 students from grades K through 2, run under Decorah Community School District.

John Cline Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Decorah Community School District, a district that caters to 1,522 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John Cline Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest comes out to 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Winneshiek County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting John Cline Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Winneshiek County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,066, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Winneshiek County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,434 students), of which John Cline Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Decorah High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

John Cline Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. John Cline Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 300). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 2% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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