WACO Elementary School

WACO Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Crawfordsville, Iowa, part of WACO Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 317 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Within WACO Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 558 students, WACO Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, WACO Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, WACO Elementary School reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 43% of students at WACO Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Washington County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Washington County put median household earnings sit near $75,647, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Washington County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,820 students), of which WACO Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: WACO High School, around 7.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. WACO Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 317).

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