West Hancock Elementary School

Set in Britt, Iowa, West Hancock Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, operated by West Hancock Comm School District. It serves 294 students across grades pre-K through 4.

West Hancock Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 629 students. West Hancock Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, West Hancock Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, West Hancock Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Roughly 37% of students at West Hancock Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, West Hancock Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Iowa schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 73.6%; actual is 87.3%, +13.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hancock County put the typical household earns roughly $70,601 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Hancock Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 1,560 students).

West Hancock High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, West Hancock Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 80.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 15%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 294 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 80% to 75% over that span.

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