📍 205 Clark St, Newell, Buena Vista County, 50568
Newell-Fonda Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Newell, Buena Vista County. The school has 289 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Bo Darrow. It is part of the Newell-Fonda Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Newell-Fonda Elementary enrolls 289 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 9.7% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 206 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 47 | 16% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 28 | 9.7% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 2.4% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
143 of the school's 289 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 123 qualify for free lunch and 20 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.
Newell-Fonda Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-40, state senate district 6, state house district 11.
Newell-Fonda Elementary is one of 3 schools in Newell-Fonda Comm School District, based in Newell, Iowa. The district serves 542 students district-wide and employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 289 students, Newell-Fonda Elementary is larger than the district average of about 181 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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