Kingsley Elementary School

Kingsley Elementary School is an intimate K-5 school in Kingsley, Iowa, operated by Kingsley-Pierson Comm School District. The school teaches 173 students in grades K through 4. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Kingsley Elementary School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Kingsley-Pierson Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 440 students; Kingsley Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Kingsley Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Kingsley Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 31% of students at Kingsley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Kingsley Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.6%; this one delivers 79.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Plymouth County put median household income runs about $83,251, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kingsley Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Plymouth County (combined enrollment of about 4,219 students).

The closest other public school is Kingsley-Pierson High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kingsley Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 78.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kingsley Elementary School has climbed 5%, going from 164 students in 2018 to 173 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 88% to 92%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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