Okoboji Elementary School

Set in Milford, Iowa, Okoboji Elementary School is a substantial elementary campus, overseen by Okoboji Comm School District. It hosts 491 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Okoboji Elementary School sits 51% above that benchmark.

Okoboji Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,196 students. Okoboji Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Okoboji Elementary School reports that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Okoboji Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Okoboji Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Okoboji Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.0%; this one delivers 82.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dickinson County put median household income runs about $75,432, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Dickinson County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,005 students), of which Okoboji Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Okoboji High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Okoboji Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 77.7%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Okoboji Elementary School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 472 (now 491). White enrollment moved from 93% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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