Woodbury Elementary School

Set in Marshalltown, Iowa, Woodbury Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary school, run under Marshalltown Comm School District. It educates 387 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Within Marshalltown Comm School District, which oversees 10 schools and 5,099 students, Woodbury Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Woodbury Elementary School logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 7% White. By comparison, Marshall County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Woodbury Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Marshall County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodbury Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.

In the broader community, Marshall County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,315 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Marshall County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,903 students), Woodbury Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rogers Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Woodbury Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 382 students in 2018 compared to 387 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.