Pineview Elementary

Pineview Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Iowa Falls, Iowa, overseen by Iowa Falls Comm School District, with 281 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 1.

Across the 4 schools in Iowa Falls Comm School District (1,228 students total), Pineview Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pineview Elementary logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder is composed of 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hardin County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,069, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hardin County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,073 students), of which Pineview Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Riverbend Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Pineview Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 293 students in 2018 compared to 281 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.