Mid-Prairie East Elementary School

Mid-Prairie East Elementary School, a tight-knit K-5 school in Kalona, Iowa, part of Mid-Prairie Comm School District, educates 255 students, covering grades K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 325.

Mid-Prairie Comm School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,393 students. Mid-Prairie East Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Mid-Prairie East Elementary School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Washington County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Mid-Prairie East Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 22% 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, Washington County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that median household income runs about $75,647, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Mid-Prairie East Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Washington County (combined enrollment of about 3,820 students).

The closest other public school is Mid-Prairie Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 332 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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