Parkview Elementary School

Parkview Elementary School is a small primary school in Marion, Iowa, part of Marion Independent School District. The school serves 267 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Marion Independent School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,163 students; Parkview Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Parkview Elementary School reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 12% multiracial, 7% Black, 7% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Linn County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,649 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Parkview Elementary School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students).

Vernon Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parkview Elementary School.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkview Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 265 students in 2018 to 267 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 73% across the same window.

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