McKinley Elementary School

McKinley Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary campus in Davenport, Iowa, one of the schools within Davenport Comm School District, teaches 421 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so McKinley Elementary School sits 30% above that benchmark.

Davenport Comm School District runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 12,812 students. McKinley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, McKinley Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 26% Black, 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 3% Asian. By comparison, Scott County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, McKinley Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, McKinley Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.0%.

In the surrounding community, Scott County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,277 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. McKinley Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students).

Nearest neighbor: Eisenhower Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, McKinley Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 58.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. McKinley Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 12% since 2018, when it stood at 375 (now 421). White enrollment moved from 52% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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