North Polk Central Elementary School

North Polk Central Elementary School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Alleman, Iowa, overseen by North Polk Comm School District, educateing 408 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% bigger than the state mean of about 325.

North Polk Comm School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,309 students. North Polk Central Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, North Polk Central Elementary School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 10% of students at North Polk Central Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Polk County's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, North Polk Central Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 87.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.1%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Polk County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,576 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Polk County's 137 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students), North Polk Central Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Polk Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, North Polk Central Elementary School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 83.3%.

North Polk Central Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. North Polk Central Elementary School's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 393 (now 408). Class-load math has widened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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