United Community School

Set in Boone, Iowa, United Community School is a mid-tier primary school, overseen by United Comm School District. It serves 329 students across grades pre-K through 6.

United Community School sits inside United Comm School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, United Community School shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at United Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Boone County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, United Community School is in the bottom 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 82.2%; United Community School posts 61.0%, -21.2 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Boone County put median household earnings sit near $83,531, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Boone County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,735 students), United Community School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ledges Elementary School, around 4.6 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), United Community School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 72.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 98%: 166 students in 2018 compared to 329 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 84% to 89% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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