North Ridge Elementary

North Ridge Elementary is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Waverly, Iowa, run under Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District, with 397 students on its rolls from grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 325.

North Ridge Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District, a district that caters to 2,722 students overall.

Demographically, North Ridge Elementary lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. Compared to Bremer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 20% of students at North Ridge Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, census data for Bremer County shows median household income runs about $86,784, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bremer County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,346 students), of which North Ridge Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Margaretta Carey Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around North Ridge Elementary.

North Ridge Elementary operates from a town-based location.

On this page, members of the North Ridge Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.