Moulton Elementary School

Located at 305 E 8th, in Moulton, Iowa, Moulton Elementary School is an one-room-style K-5 school that hosts 103 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Moulton-Udell Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 68% smaller than the state mean of about 325.

Moulton-Udell Comm School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 188 students. Moulton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Moulton Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (99%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Appanoose County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Moulton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 56.6%, a residual of -2.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Appanoose County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,934 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Moulton Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Appanoose County (combined enrollment of about 1,767 students).

The closest other public school is Moulton-Udell High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Moulton Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 61.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moulton Elementary School has declined 11%, going from 116 students in 2018 to 103 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 99% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.