Valley Elementary School

As a modestly sized K-5 school in Elgin, Iowa, Valley Elementary School enrolls 169 students from grades pre-K through 4, run under North Fayette Valley Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Valley Elementary School sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

North Fayette Valley Comm School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,032 students. Valley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Valley Elementary School records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic. Compared to Fayette County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Valley Elementary School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Valley Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at Valley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fayette County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Valley Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fayette County) reports that median household income runs about $60,165, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Fayette County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,222 students), Valley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Fayette Valley Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Valley Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

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