Wilder Elementary School

Wilder Elementary School, a moderately sized elementary school in Indianola, Iowa, one of the schools within Indianola Comm School District, serves 456 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% bigger than the state mean of about 325.

Indianola Comm School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,599 students; Wilder Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Wilder Elementary School lists that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Warren County (around 24%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Wilder Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Warren County shows median household earnings sit near $94,588, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Warren County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,473 students), of which Wilder Elementary School is one.

Whittier Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wilder Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 77.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilder Elementary School has ticked up 19%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 456 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.