Twin Rivers Elementary School

Twin Rivers Elementary School operates as a micro-enrollment primary school in Bode, Iowa, overseen by Twin Rivers Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 45 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Twin Rivers Elementary School sits 86% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Twin Rivers Elementary School answers to Twin Rivers Comm School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Twin Rivers Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Humboldt County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Humboldt County put the typical household earns roughly $71,946 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Humboldt County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,530 students), Twin Rivers Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West Bend-Mallard High School, roughly 10.2 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 56 students in 2018 compared to 45 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 89% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 today.

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