Roundy Elementary School

Roundy Elementary School is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in Columbus Junction, Iowa, one of the schools within Columbus Comm School District, caters to 383 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Columbus Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 707 students; Roundy Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Roundy Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 29% White, 10% Asian, 7% Black. By comparison, Louisa County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Louisa County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Roundy Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.8%; this one delivers 60.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Louisa County put median household income runs about $77,354, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Roundy Elementary School is one of 9 public schools in Louisa County (combined enrollment of about 2,165 students).

Columbus Community Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roundy Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 68.5%.

Roundy Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Roundy Elementary School's enrollment has grew 6% since 2018, when it stood at 360 (now 383). Black enrollment moved from 1% to 7% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.