Rural Elementary School #2

Rural Elementary School #2 is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Fairbank, Iowa. In all, 24 students attend the school in kindergarten through 8. It has 93% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Iowa (about 325).

Wapsie Valley Comm School District, which runs Rural Elementary School #2, has 6 schools and 637 students.

Of every 100 students at Rural Elementary School #2, about 100 are White. Census estimates put Buchanan County at about 96% White, close to the school's figure.

There are 1.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Of all students at Rural Elementary School #2, 13% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 29% for public schools in Buchanan County.

For the population of Buchanan County, the median household earns about $78,236 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Buchanan County, 18 public schools serve about 3,231 students.

Rural Elementary School #1, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Rural Elementary School #2, there are 5 other public schools.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The school's student count fell 17% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 29.0:1 to 13.3:1.

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