Parkersburg Elementary School

Parkersburg Elementary School is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Parkersburg, Iowa, run under Aplington-Parkersburg Comm School District, with 211 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 325.

Within Aplington-Parkersburg Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 821 students, Parkersburg Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Parkersburg Elementary School logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Parkersburg Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at Parkersburg Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Butler County shows median household earnings sit near $73,715, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Parkersburg Elementary School is one of 11 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 2,120 students).

The closest other public school is Aplington-Parkersburg High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Parkersburg Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 234 (now 211). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 94% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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