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Peosta Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 8522 Burds Rd, Peosta, Dubuque County, 52068

389
Pupils
13.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Peosta Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Peosta, Dubuque County. The school has 389 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kimberly Reinert. It is part of the Western Dubuque Comm School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a rural setting. The school employs 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 77% of students are proficient in reading. 87% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

Principal
Kimberly Reinert
School district
Western Dubuque Comm School District

Enrollment & staffing

Peosta Elementary School enrolls 389 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.

Male students
207 (53%)
Female students
182 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
29.9
Student-teacher ratio
13.0:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White36393%
Hispanic or Latino123.1%
Black or African American61.5%
Two or more races61.5%
Asian2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

43 of the school's 389 students (11%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 37 qualify for free lunch and 6 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.

School setting & status

Rural, FringeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5

Peosta Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-20, state senate district 29, state house district 57.

School district: Western Dubuque Comm School District

Peosta Elementary School is one of 8 schools in Western Dubuque Comm School District, based in Farley, Iowa. The district serves 3,750 students district-wide and employs 265 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 389 students, Peosta Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 469 students per school.

3,750
District students
8
Schools
265
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

77%
Reading proficient
87%
Math proficient
4%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: Rural - Fringe

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