Northstar Elementary School

Located at 407 W Larson, in Knoxville, Iowa, Northstar Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves 348 students (grades 3 through 5), one of the schools within Knoxville Comm School District.

Within Knoxville Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,664 students, Northstar Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Northstar Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest is composed of 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marion County (around 29%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Northstar Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.4%; this one delivers 63.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Marion County shows median household income runs about $78,680, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Northstar Elementary School is one of 17 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 5,571 students).

West Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Northstar Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northstar Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.7%.

Northstar Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Northstar Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 412 (now 348). Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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