Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center

As a low-enrollment K-5 school in Farmington, Iowa, Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center serves 175 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Van Buren County Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 325.

Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center is one of 3 schools operated by Van Buren County Comm School District, a district that educates 821 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center reports that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Van Buren County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.8%, the actual is 55.5%, a residual of -7.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Van Buren County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $61,161 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Van Buren County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 821 students), of which Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Salem Elementary School, around 10.3 miles off. On composite proficiency, Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 75.2%.

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