Ledges Elementary School

Ledges Elementary School is an average-sized elementary-level community in Boone, Iowa, one of the schools within Boone Comm School District. The school enrolls 336 students in grades pre-K through 1.

Within Boone Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,955 students, Ledges Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ledges Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). The remainder is composed of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 94% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Boone County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate median household income runs about $83,531, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Ledges Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 3,735 students).

The closest other public school is Boone Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Ledges Elementary School.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

On the community side, the feed for Ledges Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.