Seedlings Preschool Center

Seedlings Preschool Center is a very small elementary school in Dubuque, Iowa, under Dubuque Comm School District. Federal data show 70 students enrolled in pre-K in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 325 students for elementary schools in Iowa.

Dubuque Comm School District enrolls 9,843 students in 19 schools, including Seedlings Preschool Center.

More than half of the students at Seedlings Preschool Center are White (56%). Other reported shares: 14% multiracial, 13% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 6% Asian. That compares with about 89% White among all Dubuque County residents. The diversity index for Seedlings Preschool Center is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Its ratio of 14.0:1 is based on 5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 47%.

In Dubuque County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $77,630, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,164, Seedlings Preschool Center among them.

Seedlings Preschool Center is about 1.7 miles from Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

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