Enrollment
45
Iowa · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Bode, IA
Twin Rivers Elementary School
Federal NCES profile for Twin Rivers Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 75/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 192820001644
👥 S:T ratio 78
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 82
📋 Attendance 72
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Twin Rivers Elementary School earns 75/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of Iowa schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in Iowa.
- 75
- Resource Index · Higher
- 5.6:1
- small classes for Iowa
- 34.7%
- free-lunch eligible
- 45
- students enrolled
Twin Rivers Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 99% of Iowa schools. Computed live against every Iowa school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Twin Rivers Comm School District · Iowa
NCES ID 192820001644 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
8.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
5.6:1
vs 14.8:1 Iowa avg
-62% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
34.7%
vs 36.4% Iowa avg
-5% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Twin Rivers Elementary School compares with Iowa and U.S. medians
What stands out at Twin Rivers Elementary School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Twin Rivers 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
Twin Rivers 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
Twin Rivers 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.
Twin Rivers Elementary School is a small combined-grade school in Bode, Iowa, enrolling 45 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 5.6:1, Twin Rivers Elementary School is leaner than roughly 99% of Iowa schools and 62% under the state's 14.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 34.7% lands close to the Iowa typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 97% of Iowa schools, with 45 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 100% of the 1,322 Iowa schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Among 18 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Iowa schools statewide, it ranks #1, a top-tier result once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is predominantly White (84% of enrollment) (diversity index 28/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 90 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
11.1% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Twin Rivers Comm School District spends $35,082 per pupil, 161% above the Iowa average, a better-resourced district than most.
Twin Rivers Comm School District operates only this one school, so Twin Rivers Elementary School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 45 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Iowa's single-school districts.
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 Twin Rivers Elementary School compares
Twin Rivers 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 | 5.6:1 | ▼ 62% | 14.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 34.7% | ▼ 5% | 36.4% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 45 | top 97% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
5.6:1
Leaner classes than 98% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
45
Bigger than 5% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
34.7%
free-lunch eligible
- 5% 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
5.6:1
students per teacher
- 62% below state mean
Top 1% in Iowa - lower ratio than 100% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
11.1%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$35,082
per pupil, district-wide
- above Iowa avg of $13,441
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.5 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 84.4%
Hispanic or Latino 6.7%
Two or More 6.7%
African American 2.2%
Largest group: White at 84.4% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 27.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 27.8, Twin Rivers 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 Twin Rivers Comm School District, which includes Twin Rivers Elementary School.
$35,082
Per student
+161%
vs Iowa
Avg $13,441
+99%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 55.2%
State 38.0%
Federal 6.8%
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 (~45 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Twin Rivers Elementary School
How many students attend Twin Rivers Elementary School?
Twin Rivers Elementary School has 45 students enrolled. It is a public school in Bode, IA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Twin Rivers Elementary School?
The student-teacher ratio at Twin Rivers Elementary School is 5.6:1, which is 62% lower than the Iowa average of 14.8:1 and 64% 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 Twin Rivers Elementary School?
34.7% of students at Twin Rivers Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Iowa average of 36.4%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Twin Rivers Elementary School?
The largest demographic group at Twin Rivers Elementary School is White at 84.4% of enrollment, in Bode, IA.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Twin Rivers Elementary School?
Twin Rivers Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 75/100 (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 Twin Rivers Comm School District?
None reported; Twin Rivers Comm School District operates only Twin Rivers Elementary School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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