Peosta Elementary School

As an average-sized primary school in Peosta, Iowa, Peosta Elementary School serves 425 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Western Dubuque Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 31% above typical.

Across the 8 schools in Western Dubuque Comm School District (3,643 students total), Peosta Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Peosta Elementary School logs that nearly all students (91%) are White; the rest consists of 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Peosta Elementary School lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 11% of students at Peosta Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dubuque County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Peosta Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 86.4%, the actual is 80.2%, a residual of -6.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dubuque County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,630 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dubuque County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,164 students), Peosta Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Seedlings Preschool Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.4 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Peosta Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 75.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Peosta Elementary School has climbed 30%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025.

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