North Mahaska Elementary School

North Mahaska Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in New Sharon, Iowa, one of the schools within North Mahaska Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 301 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Within North Mahaska Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 576 students, North Mahaska Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, North Mahaska Elementary School logs that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest reads as 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, North Mahaska Elementary School shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 25% of students at North Mahaska Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Mahaska County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, North Mahaska Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 79.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mahaska County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,940, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. North Mahaska Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Mahaska County (combined enrollment of about 2,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Mahaska Jr-Sr High School, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Mahaska Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 73.7%.

North Mahaska Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Mahaska Elementary School has shrank 7%, going from 322 students in 2018 to 301 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.