Rock Valley Elementary School

Located at 1712 20th Avenue, in Rock Valley, Iowa, Rock Valley Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that teaches 370 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Rock Valley Comm School District.

Rock Valley Comm School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 884 students; Rock Valley Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Rock Valley Elementary School reports that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 44% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Rock Valley Elementary School records 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Rock Valley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at Rock Valley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Sioux County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rock Valley Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.6%; Rock Valley Elementary School posts 77.1%, +19.5 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Sioux County) reports that median household earnings sit near $86,098, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sioux County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,321 students), Rock Valley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Rock Valley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rock Valley Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 76.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rock Valley Elementary School has decreased 21%, going from 466 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 36% to 44%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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