West Elementary

Located at 306 S Park Lane Dr, in Knoxville, Iowa, West Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school that educates 485 students (grades pre-K through 2), operated by Knoxville Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so West Elementary sits 49% above that benchmark.

Within Knoxville Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,664 students, West Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Elementary records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, West Elementary reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $78,680, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Marion County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,571 students), West Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Knoxville Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

West Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. West Elementary's enrollment has climbed 16% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 485).

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