📍 220 9th Ave NW, Waverly, Bremer County, 50677
Margaretta Carey Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Waverly, Bremer County. The school has 237 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 77% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Margaretta Carey Elementary School enrolls 237 students across grades K–4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 6.8% Two or more races and 3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 208 | 88% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 6.8% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
60 of the school's 237 students (25%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 52 qualify for free lunch and 8 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.
Margaretta Carey Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-20, state senate district 32, state house district 63.
Margaretta Carey Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District, based in Waverly, Iowa. The district serves 2,323 students district-wide and employs 171 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 237 students, Margaretta Carey Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 332 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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