Mormon Trail Elementary School

Mormon Trail Elementary School, a small elementary-level community in Humeston, Iowa, one of the schools within Mormon Trail Comm School District, serves 132 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Mormon Trail Elementary School sits 59% below that benchmark.

Mormon Trail Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Mormon Trail Comm School District, a district that works with 230 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mormon Trail Elementary School logs that nearly all students (98%) are White.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 64% of students at Mormon Trail Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Mormon Trail Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.6%.

In the broader community, Wayne County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,964 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Wayne County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,032 students), of which Mormon Trail Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mormon Trail Jr-Sr High School, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mormon Trail Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 71.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mormon Trail Elementary School has edged down 13%, going from 152 students in 2018 to 132 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 98% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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