Oakland Elementary

Oakland Elementary is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in Oakland, Iowa, part of Riverside Comm School District, with 178 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Oakland Elementary sits 45% below that benchmark.

Within Riverside Comm School District, which oversees 3 schools and 677 students, Oakland Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Oakland Elementary records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Oakland Elementary reports 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Oakland Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pottawattamie County) shows that median household income runs about $73,602, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Pottawattamie County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students), Oakland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Riverside Middle/Senior High School, around 1.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 32%: 260 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 89% to 81% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.