West Union Elementary School

West Union Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in West Union, Iowa, part of North Fayette Valley Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 228 students spanning grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Within North Fayette Valley Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,032 students, West Union Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, West Union Elementary School shows that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, West Union Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting West Union Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at West Union Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Fayette County's rate of about 46%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Union 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 82.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate median household income runs about $60,165, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Fayette County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,222 students), of which West Union Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is North Fayette Valley High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, West Union Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 71.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 331 students in 2018 compared to 228 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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