Marnie Simons Elementary School

Set in Hamburg, Iowa, Marnie Simons Elementary School is a micro-enrollment elementary campus, part of Hamburg Comm School District. It teaches 102 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Marnie Simons Elementary School sits 69% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Hamburg Comm School District (191 students total), Marnie Simons Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Marnie Simons Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder looks like 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 63% 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, Fremont County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marnie Simons Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 60.6%; Marnie Simons Elementary School posts 73.5%, +12.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Fremont County) reports that median household income runs about $71,621, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Fremont County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,104 students), Marnie Simons Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hamburg Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Marnie Simons Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Marnie Simons Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Marnie Simons Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 98 (now 102). White enrollment moved from 89% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.