📍 1003 Pershing Road, Maquoketa, Jackson County, 52060
Cardinal Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Maquoketa, Jackson County. The school has 271 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Sara Bennis. It is part of the Maquoketa Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–2 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cardinal Elementary School enrolls 271 students across grades Pre-K–2. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 5.9% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 4.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 222 | 82% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 16 | 5.9% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 3.7% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
157 of the school's 271 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 139 qualify for free lunch and 18 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.
Cardinal Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-10, state senate district 29, state house district 58.
Cardinal Elementary School is one of 4 schools in Maquoketa Comm School District, based in Maquoketa, Iowa. The district serves 1,288 students district-wide and employs 105 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 271 students, Cardinal Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 322 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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