Washington Elementary School

Washington Elementary School is an elementary-level community of low-enrollment scale in Charles City, Iowa, part of Charles City Comm School District, educateing 206 students in grades pre-K through 1. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Washington Elementary School sits 37% below that benchmark.

Within Charles City Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,344 students, Washington Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Washington Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Floyd County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Floyd County) shows that median household income runs about $68,557, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Floyd County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,152 students), of which Washington Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Washington Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 37%: 328 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 5% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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