Lisbon Elementary School

As a medium-sized primary school in Lisbon, Iowa, Lisbon Elementary School teaches 461 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Lisbon Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 42% bigger than the state mean of about 325.

Across the 2 schools in Lisbon Comm School District (762 students total), Lisbon Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Lisbon Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Linn County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lisbon Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 85.7%, the actual is 78.5%, a residual of -7.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Linn County put median household earnings sit near $77,649, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Linn County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), Lisbon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lisbon Secondary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lisbon Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 80.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Lisbon Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 399 (now 461).

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.