📍 1239 N Rhode Island Ave, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, 50401
Harding Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County. The school has 380 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Nanette Smith. It is part of the Mason City Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Harding Elementary School enrolls 380 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% White, 8.4% Black or African American and 8.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 284 | 75% |
| Black or African American | 32 | 8.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 3.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 15 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
205 of the school's 380 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 178 qualify for free lunch and 27 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.
Harding Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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-20, state senate district 27, state house district 53.
Harding Elementary School is one of 9 schools in Mason City Comm School District, based in Mason City, Iowa. The district serves 3,464 students district-wide and employs 256 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 380 students, Harding Elementary School is close to the district average of about 385 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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