Mary Welsh Elementary

Mary Welsh Elementary is a primary school of high-enrollment scale in Williamsburg, Iowa, overseen by Williamsburg Comm School District, teacheing 604 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 86% bigger than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Williamsburg Comm School District (1,213 students total), Mary Welsh Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Mary Welsh Elementary shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 94% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mary Welsh Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 80.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Iowa County put the typical household earns roughly $71,223 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Iowa County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,580 students), Mary Welsh Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Mary Welsh Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mary Welsh Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 78.5%.

Mary Welsh Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Mary Welsh Elementary's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 621 (now 604).

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