North Polk West Elementary School

North Polk West Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Polk City, Iowa, overseen by North Polk Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 396 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 325.

Within North Polk Comm School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,309 students, North Polk West Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Polk West Elementary School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Polk County's rate of about 49%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate 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 West Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Big Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around North Polk West Elementary School.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. North Polk West Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 396). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 98% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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