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Essex Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 111 Forbes St, Essex, Page County, 51638

109
Pupils
10.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Essex Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Essex, Page County. The school has 109 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Vicki Hume. It is part of the Essex Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a rural setting. The school employs 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. 65% of students are proficient in reading. 75% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Vicki Hume
School district
Essex Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Essex Elementary School enrolls 109 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.

Male students
52 (48%)
Female students
57 (52%)
Teachers (FTE)
10.3
Student-teacher ratio
10.6:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% White, 3.7% Two or more races and 2.8% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White10294%
Two or more races43.7%
Hispanic or Latino32.8%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

66 of the school's 109 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 62 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Supplemental VirtualTitle I

Essex Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 12, state house district 24.

School district: Essex Comm School District

Essex Elementary School is one of 2 schools in Essex Comm School District, based in Essex, Iowa. The district serves 188 students district-wide and employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 109 students, Essex Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 94 students per school.

188
District students
2
Schools
22
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

65%
Reading proficient
75%
Math proficient
18%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Rural - Distant

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