Walcott Elementary School

As an intimate elementary-level community in Walcott, Iowa, Walcott Elementary School educates 150 students from grades K through 5, operated by Davenport Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Walcott Elementary School sits 54% below that benchmark.

Walcott Elementary School is one of 27 schools operated by Davenport Comm School District, a district that instructs 12,812 students overall.

On demographics, Walcott Elementary School logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Walcott Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Scott County put the typical household earns roughly $78,277 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Scott County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), Walcott Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Walcott Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walcott Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 59.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 183 students in 2018 compared to 150 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Walcott Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.