📍 707 Sharp St, Glenwood, Mills County, 51534
West Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Glenwood, Mills County. The school has 421 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kara Huisman. It is part of the Glenwood Comm School District school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. 78% of students are proficient in reading. 84% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
West Elementary School enrolls 421 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% White, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 386 | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
156 of the school's 421 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 121 qualify for free lunch and 35 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.
West Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 12, state house district 23.
West Elementary School is one of 4 schools in Glenwood Comm School District, based in Glenwood, Iowa. The district serves 2,001 students district-wide and employs 129 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 421 students, West Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 500 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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