West Fork Elementary at Rockwell

West Fork Elementary at Rockwell is a primary school of mid-tier scale in Rockwell, Iowa, operated by West Fork Comm School District, teacheing 388 students in grades pre-K through 5.

West Fork Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 740 students; West Fork Elementary at Rockwell is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Fork Elementary at Rockwell lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

On the resource side, West Fork Elementary at Rockwell records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), West Fork Elementary at Rockwell sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.5%; this one delivers 72.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cerro Gordo County shows median household income runs about $68,189, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. West Fork Elementary at Rockwell is one of 13 public schools in Cerro Gordo County (combined enrollment of about 5,248 students).

West Fork High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, West Fork Elementary at Rockwell comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 140%: 162 students in 2018 compared to 388 in 2025.

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