Martensdale Elementary School

Martensdale Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Martensdale, Iowa, overseen by Martensdale-St Marys Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 307 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Martensdale-St Marys Comm School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 532 students. Martensdale Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Martensdale Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Warren County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Martensdale Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Martensdale Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 79.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Warren County) logs that median household earnings sit near $94,588, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Martensdale Elementary School is one of 20 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 10,473 students).

Nearest neighbor: Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Martensdale Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 77.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Martensdale Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 305 (now 307). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Martensdale Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.