West Bend-Mallard Elementary School

Located at 300 3rd Ave SW, in West Bend, Iowa, West Bend-Mallard Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary school that hosts 173 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under West Bend-Mallard Comm School District. That puts it 47% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Within West Bend-Mallard Comm School District, which oversees 3 schools and 422 students, West Bend-Mallard Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, West Bend-Mallard Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest breaks down as 9% Hispanic. Compared to Palo Alto County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, West Bend-Mallard Elementary School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting West Bend-Mallard Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at West Bend-Mallard Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, West Bend-Mallard Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.0%; this one delivers 74.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Palo Alto County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,781 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Palo Alto County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,472 students), West Bend-Mallard Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Bend-Mallard High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around West Bend-Mallard Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Bend-Mallard Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 68%: 103 students in 2018 compared to 173 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.