Longfellow Elementary

Set in Marion, Iowa, Longfellow Elementary is a tight-knit elementary campus, run under Marion Independent School District. It enrolls 254 students across grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 325.

Across the 5 schools in Marion Independent School District (2,163 students total), Longfellow Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Longfellow Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 9% multiracial, 9% Black, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Longfellow Elementary lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Linn County) records that median household earnings sit near $77,649, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Linn County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), Longfellow Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Francis Marion Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Longfellow Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Longfellow Elementary's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 296 (now 254). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 84% to 77%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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