Wayne Elementary School

Wayne Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Corydon, Iowa, part of Wayne Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 328 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Within Wayne Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 583 students, Wayne Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Wayne Elementary School shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wayne Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.3%, the actual is 75.5%, a residual of +9.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $61,964 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,032 students), Wayne Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wayne Community Jr-Sr High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wayne Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 64.0%.

Wayne Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 372 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Wayne Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.