Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School

Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Belmond, Iowa, run under Belmond-Klemme Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 362 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Belmond-Klemme Comm School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 659 students; Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 41% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.1%; actual is 49.5%, a gap of -13.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wright County) logs that median household earnings sit near $67,190, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School is one of 9 public schools in Wright County (combined enrollment of about 2,451 students).

Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 75.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 362). The White share of enrollment shrank from 71% to 54% over that span.

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