Kittrell Elementary School

Kittrell Elementary School, a big elementary-level community in Waterloo, Iowa, one of the schools within Waterloo Comm School District, hosts 576 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 77% larger than the state mean of about 325.

Kittrell Elementary School is one of 18 schools operated by Waterloo Comm School District, a district that hosts 10,484 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Kittrell Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Black, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at Kittrell Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Black Hawk County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Kittrell Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.5%.

Around the school, census data for Black Hawk County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,417 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Black Hawk County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,224 students), of which Kittrell Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lowell Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kittrell Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.8%.

Kittrell Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kittrell Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 677 (now 576). Over the same period, the White share fell from 49% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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