Enrollment
142
Iowa · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Delmar, IA
Delwood Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Delwood Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 61/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 190888000505
👥 S:T ratio 62
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 72
📋 Attendance 42
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Delwood Elementary School earns 61/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 95% of Iowa schools.
- 61
- Resource Index · Higher
- 9.5:1
- small classes for Iowa
- 35.8%
- free-lunch eligible
- 142
- students enrolled
Delwood Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 95% of Iowa schools. Computed live against every Iowa school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Delwood Comm School District · Iowa
NCES ID 190888000505 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
15.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
9.5:1
vs 14.8:1 Iowa avg
-36% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
35.8%
vs 36.4% Iowa avg
-2% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Delwood Elementary School compares with Iowa and U.S. medians
What stands out at Delwood Elementary School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Delwood Elementary School sits near the smaller end of the Iowa enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
Resource indicators are the standout signal
Delwood Elementary School's economic-need measure is not at a state extreme, while its Resource Investment Index is. The campus outranks most Iowa schools on the combined reported-resource measure, so the differentiator comes from staffing, counselor access, gifted programming, or attendance rather than from an unusually low-need population alone. The component breakdown identifies which inputs actually produce that placement.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Delwood Elementary School serves a combined grade span rather than a conventional elementary, middle, or high-school band. That structure can require the same campus to cover transitions, counseling needs, and programs for students at substantially different developmental stages, so a single staffing ratio deserves more caution than it would at a narrower-grade school. Federal totals show the available people and programs, but not how those resources are divided among grade levels.
Delwood Elementary School is a small combined-grade school in Delmar, Iowa, enrolling 142 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 9.5:1, Delwood Elementary School is leaner than roughly 95% of Iowa schools and 36% under the state's 14.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 35.8% lands close to the Iowa typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
Enrollment of 142 puts it in the smaller third of Iowa schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 93% of the 1,322 Iowa schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Against 193 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #26.
Its student body is predominantly White (94% of enrollment) (diversity index 11/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 142 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 23.2% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
Delwood Comm School District operates only this one school, so Delwood Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Delwood Elementary School compares
Delwood Elementary School on the metrics families compare, against Iowa and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Iowa | Iowa avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 9.5:1 | ▼ 36% | 14.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 35.8% | ▼ 2% | 36.4% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 142 | top 87% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
9.5:1
Leaner classes than 91% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
142
Bigger than 14% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
35.8%
free-lunch eligible
- 2% below the Iowa average of 36.4%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
9.5:1
students per teacher
- 36% below state mean
Top 5% in Iowa - lower ratio than 95% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
23.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$14,182
per pupil, district-wide
- above Iowa avg of $13,441
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 142 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
3
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 2.1 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.8 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 94.4%
Two or More 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino 2.1%
Asian 0.7%
Largest group: White at 94.4% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 10.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 10.8, Delwood Elementary School is less mixed than the Iowa school average of 33.8.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Delwood Comm School District, which includes Delwood Elementary School.
$14,182
Per student
+6%
vs Iowa
Avg $13,441
-20%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 44.9%
State 47.9%
Federal 7.2%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Iowa, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~142 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Delwood Elementary School
How many students attend Delwood Elementary School?
Delwood Elementary School has 142 students enrolled. It is a public school in Delmar, IA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Delwood Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Delwood Elementary School is 9.5:1, which is 36% lower than the Iowa average of 14.8:1 and 39% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Delwood Elementary School?
35.8% of students at Delwood Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Iowa average of 36.4%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Delwood Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Delwood Elementary School is White at 94.4% of enrollment, in Delmar, IA.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Delwood Elementary School?
Delwood Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 61/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Delwood Comm School District?
None reported; Delwood Comm School District operates only Delwood Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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