Kinsey Elementary School

Kinsey Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school in Sioux Center, Iowa, one of the schools within Sioux Center Comm School District. The school serves 483 students in grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 49% larger than the state mean of about 325.

Across the 5 schools in Sioux Center Comm School District (1,659 students total), Kinsey Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Kinsey Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 41% White. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Kinsey Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sioux County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kinsey Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.9%; this one delivers 81.1%, a residual of +16.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Sioux County shows median household earnings sit near $86,098, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Kinsey Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Sioux County (combined enrollment of about 5,321 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sioux Center Middle School, around 1.3 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kinsey Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 79.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kinsey Elementary School has declined 15%, going from 571 students in 2018 to 483 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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