South Hamilton Elem

Located at 404 Blaine St, in Jewell, Iowa, South Hamilton Elem is an average-sized K-5 school that enrolls 370 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by South Hamilton Comm School District.

South Hamilton Elem is one of 2 schools operated by South Hamilton Comm School District, a district that educates 670 students overall.

Looking at the student body, South Hamilton Elem records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, South Hamilton Elem lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 29% of students at South Hamilton Elem qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hamilton County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Hamilton Elem sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.2%; this one delivers 84.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hamilton County put the typical household earns roughly $72,432 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Hamilton County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,432 students), of which South Hamilton Elem is one.

South Hamilton Middle And High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, South Hamilton Elem comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 83.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. South Hamilton Elem's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 370). Over the same period, the White share edged up from 86% to 92%.

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