Prairie City Elementary School

Prairie City Elementary School, a modestly sized K-5 school in Prairie City, Iowa, run under PCM Comm School District, enrolls 240 students, covering grades 3 through 5. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

PCM Comm School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,077 students. Prairie City Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Prairie City Elementary School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jasper County (around 40%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Prairie City Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.2%; this one delivers 73.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jasper County put the typical household earns roughly $71,311 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Jasper County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,668 students), of which Prairie City Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is PCM Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prairie City Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 74.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Prairie City Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 240). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.