Mapleton Elementary School

As a small elementary school in Mapleton, Iowa, Mapleton Elementary School hosts 182 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Within Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 602 students, Mapleton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Mapleton Elementary School lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Monona County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Monona County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mapleton Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Iowa schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.5%; actual is 76.4%, +11.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Monona County reports that median household income runs about $68,377, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Monona County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,210 students), of which Mapleton Elementary School is one.

Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mapleton Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 71.2%.

Mapleton Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 195 students in 2018 compared to 182 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 89% to 96%.

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