McKinley Elementary School

McKinley Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Muscatine, Iowa, one of the schools within Muscatine Comm School District. The school enrolls 394 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 325.

Within Muscatine Comm School District, which oversees 9 schools and 4,280 students, McKinley Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, McKinley Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Muscatine County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at McKinley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Muscatine County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McKinley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.4%, the actual is 53.8%, a residual of -7.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Muscatine County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,396 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Muscatine County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students), of which McKinley Elementary School is one.

Susan Clark Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McKinley Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 64.3%.

McKinley Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 423 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 67% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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