Unity Elementary School

Unity Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Sioux City, Iowa, overseen by Sioux City Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 483 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Unity Elementary School sits 49% larger than that benchmark.

Sioux City Comm School District runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 14,189 students. Unity Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Unity Elementary School records that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Woodbury County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Unity Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Unity Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Woodbury County's rate of about 60%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Unity Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Woodbury County) shows that median household earnings sit near $73,658, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Unity Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in Woodbury County (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students).

The closest other public school is Irving Elementary School, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Unity Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Unity Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Unity Elementary School has decreased 11%, going from 541 students in 2018 to 483 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 49% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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