Moravia Elementary School

Moravia Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary-level community in Moravia, Iowa, overseen by Moravia Comm School District. The school instructs 148 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Moravia Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Moravia Comm School District, a district that works with 355 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Moravia Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). That composition is broadly in line with Appanoose County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Moravia Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Appanoose County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,934, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Appanoose County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,767 students), of which Moravia Elementary School is one.

Moravia High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Moravia Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.5%.

Moravia Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Moravia Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 210 (now 148). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.