Mulberry Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Muscatine, Iowa, Mulberry Elementary School works with 293 students from grades K through 6, part of Muscatine Comm School District.

Within Muscatine Comm School District, which oversees 9 schools and 4,280 students, Mulberry Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Mulberry Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Muscatine County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Muscatine County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mulberry Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Muscatine County) logs that median household earnings sit near $69,396, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Mulberry Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Muscatine County (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students).

Muscatine High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mulberry Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mulberry Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 61.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mulberry Elementary School has ticked up 18%, going from 248 students in 2018 to 293 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 77% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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