Washington Elementary School

Washington Elementary School is an elementary school of high-enrollment scale in Atlantic, Iowa, one of the schools within Atlantic Comm School District, works with 554 students in grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Washington Elementary School sits 70% above that benchmark.

Atlantic Comm School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,587 students; Washington Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Washington Elementary School shows that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 9% Pacific Islander, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Cass County as a whole is about 95% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at Washington Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Washington Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.0%, the actual is 78.0%, a residual of +6.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cass County put the typical household earns roughly $63,013 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Cass County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,957 students), Washington Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Atlantic Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Washington Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Washington Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 70.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Elementary School has edged up 20%, going from 461 students in 2018 to 554 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.