Kirkwood Elementary School

Located at 1401 9th St, in Coralville, Iowa, Kirkwood Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary campus that enrolls 270 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Iowa City Comm School District.

Across the 29 schools in Iowa City Comm School District (15,111 students total), Kirkwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Kirkwood Elementary School lists that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Kirkwood Elementary School logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Johnson County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Kirkwood Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.1%; this one delivers 47.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household income runs about $74,935, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Kirkwood Elementary School is one of 43 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 20,019 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northwest Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kirkwood Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Kirkwood Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.2%.

Kirkwood Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 270 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.