Mid-Prairie West Elementary School

Mid-Prairie West Elementary School is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Wellman, Iowa, one of the schools within Mid-Prairie Comm School District, with 330 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 4.

Mid-Prairie Comm School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,393 students; Mid-Prairie West Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Mid-Prairie West Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Washington County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Mid-Prairie West Elementary School records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Washington County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Mid-Prairie West Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 82.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Washington County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,647 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Washington County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,820 students), of which Mid-Prairie West Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mid-Prairie High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mid-Prairie West Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 72.4%.

Mid-Prairie West Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mid-Prairie West Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 333 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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