Kingsley Elementary School

Set in Waterloo, Iowa, Kingsley Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school, part of Waterloo Comm School District. It enrolls 337 students across grades K through 5.

Waterloo Comm School District comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 10,484 students; Kingsley Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Kingsley Elementary School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Black, 12% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Kingsley Elementary School records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Kingsley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.0%, the actual is 75.3%, a residual of +8.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Black Hawk County shows median household income runs about $66,417, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Kingsley Elementary School is one of 35 public schools in Black Hawk County (combined enrollment of about 18,224 students).

West High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kingsley Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 58.6%.

Kingsley Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Kingsley Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 382 (now 337). White enrollment moved from 70% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.