K12ATLAS
Release v2026.07
§ Iowa elementary directory

Elementary schools in Iowa.

669 elementary schools across 326 districts. Browse every school, filter by name, or jump to a district below.

Free profiles carry key facts; the full 122-field record is a member product.

669
elementary schools
326
districts represented
380
cities represented
226,577
students enrolled
§ Distribution

What the numbers say across Iowa.

Computed from this list's v2026.07 K12 Atlas records: school size, staffing ratios, grade spans, and sector mix. Facts, not scores.

School size · 2024
320

students at the median elementary school; the middle half of schools enroll between 229 and 437 students.

Under 200123
200–499446
500–999100
1,000+0

Reported enrollment · v2026.07

Pupil–teacher ratio · 2024
13.3 : 1

students per teacher at the median elementary school reporting staffing.

25th percentile12.0 : 1
Median13.3 : 1
75th percentile14.6 : 1

Reported staffing · v2026.07

Grade spans · 2024

Most commonly reported grade spans in this list.

Grades PK–05191
Grades KG–05108
Grades PK–06108
Grades PK–0476
Grades PK–0222

Reported grade spans · v2026.07

Sector mix
Public 668Public charter 1

Public, public charter, and private records stay separate. Private schools without a comparable CCD level appear under the state's other-level directory.

Record mix · v2026.07

Concentration: the five most-represented districts account for 15.7% of this list (105 of 669 records); the five most-represented cities account for 15.2%.

§ Districts

Districts with elementary schools.

Every district with at least one elementary-level record, sorted by record count. Cities counts the distinct reported cities among the district’s records here; Students sums reported enrollment for those same records. Linked districts open full school directories.
Des Moines Independent Comm School District38113,628
Iowa City Comm School District2036,834
Cedar Rapids Comm School District1926,901
Davenport Comm School District1545,582
Sioux City Comm School District1316,660
Dubuque Comm School District1214,468
Ankeny Comm School District1115,737
Waterloo Comm School District1124,999
Waukee Comm School District1146,376
Council Bluffs Comm School District1023,933
Southeast Polk Comm School District853,525
West Des Moines Comm School District834,695
Cedar Falls Comm School District713,197
Linn-mar Comm School District732,828
Ottumwa Comm School District712,459
Clear Creek Amana Comm School District651,536
Marshalltown Comm School District611,989
Muscatine Comm School District612,095
Pleasant Valley Comm School District623,025
Ames Comm School District511,971
Bettendorf Comm School District511,872
College Comm School District512,171
Fort Dodge Comm School District511,600
Johnston Comm School District513,240
North Scott Comm School District541,723
Wapsie Valley Comm School District52364
Western Dubuque Comm School District551,685
Burlington Comm School District411,083
Clinton Comm School District411,522
Dallas Center-grimes Comm School District421,547
Indianola Comm School District411,616
Jesup Comm School District44506
Mason City Comm School District411,388
Mount Pleasant Comm School District42845
Urbandale Comm School District411,972
Agwsr Comm School District32321
Algona Comm School District31706
Eddyville-blakesburg- Fremont CSD33485
Grinnell-newburg Comm School District31602
Le Mars Comm School District31969
Maquoketa Valley Comm School District33351
Marion Independent School District31841
Newton Comm School District311,022
North Polk Comm School District321,161
Norwalk Comm School District311,660
Spencer Comm School District31892
Waverly-shell Rock Comm School District32765
Webster City Comm School District32729
Adel Desoto Minburn Comm School District21923
Albia Comm School District21559
Allamakee Comm School District21485
Alta-aurelia Comm School District22380
Aplington-parkersburg Comm School District22376
Atlantic Comm School District21760
Ballard Comm School District22868
Benton Comm School District22570
Bondurant-farrar Comm School District211,132
Boone Comm School District21665
Cam Comm School District22432
Carlisle Comm School District221,018
Carroll Comm School District21651
Center Point-urbana Comm School District22640
Central Decatur Comm School District21341
Central Springs Comm School District22288
Chariton Comm School District21593
Charles City Comm School District21486
Creston Comm School District21558
Decorah Community School District21515
Denison Comm School District21979
Dike-new Hartford Comm School District22453
Fairfield Comm School District21556
Gilbert Comm School District21765
Glenwood Comm School District21978
Hampton-dumont Comm School District21448
Harlan Comm School District21651
Humboldt Comm School District22508
Independence Comm School District21625
Iowa Falls Comm School District21573
Keokuk Comm School District21676
Knoxville Comm School District21833
Lewis Central Comm School District211,403
Mfl Marmac Comm School District22448
Maple Valley-anthon Oto Comm School District22246
Maquoketa Comm School District21467
Mid-prairie Comm School District22585
Monticello Comm School District21374
North Cedar Comm School District22307
North Fayette Valley Comm School District22397
Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District22422
Oelwein Comm School District21467
Pcm Comm School District22497
Pella Comm School District21655
Riverside Comm School District22312
Rock Valley Comm School District22447
Sergeant Bluff-luton Comm School District21732
Sioux Center Comm School District21725
Solon Comm School District21686
Southeast Webster Grand Comm School District22423
Storm Lake Comm School District211,259
Sumner-fredericksburg Comm School District22329
Union Comm School District22479
Van Buren County Comm School District22467
Vinton-shellsburg Comm School District22813
Washington Comm School District21801
West Central Valley Comm School District22397
West Sioux Comm School District22312
Woodward-granger Comm School District21602
Ahstw Comm School District11280
Adair-casey Comm School District11160
Akron Westfield Comm School District11258
Albert City-truesdale Comm School District11100
Alburnett Comm School District11395
Alden Comm School District11148
Anamosa Comm School District11400
Andrew Comm School District11125
Ar-we-va Comm School District11141
Audubon Comm School District11252
Bcluw Comm School District11160
Baxter Comm School District11209
Bedford Comm School District11269
Belle Plaine Comm School District11267
Bellevue Comm School District11405
Belmond-klemme Comm School District11362
Bennett Comm School District1176
Boyden-hull Comm School District11322
Boyer Valley Comm School District11208
Brooklyn-guernsey-malcom Comm School District11300
Cal Comm School District11180
Calamus-wheatland Comm School District11236
Camanche Comm School District11358
Cardinal Comm School District11495
Centerville Comm School District11498
Central City Comm School District11170
Central Comm School District11292
Central Dewitt School District11464
Central Lee Comm School District11564
Central Lyon Comm School District11431
Charter Oak-ute Comm School District11117
Charter Organization: Concept Schools11150
Cherokee Comm School District11468
Clarinda Comm School District11573
Clarion-goldfield-dows Comm School District11469
Clarke Comm School District11652
Clarksville Comm School District11176
Clay Central-everly Comm School District1153
Clayton Ridge Comm School District11293
Clear Lake Comm School District11685
Colfax-mingo Comm School District11399
Collins-maxwell Comm School District11182
Colo-nesco Comm School District11169
Columbus Comm School District11383
Coon Rapids-bayard Comm School District11233
Corning Comm School District11210
Danville Comm School District11362
Davis County Comm School District11418
Delwood Comm School District11142
Denver Comm School District11431
Diagonal Comm School District1158
Dunkerton Comm School District11215
Durant Comm School District11342
Eagle Grove Comm School District11435
Earlham Comm School District11328
East Buchanan Comm School District11303
East Marshall Comm School District11242
East Mills Comm School District11214
East Sac County Comm School District11433
East Union Comm School District11201
Eastern Allamakee Comm School District11147
Easton Valley Comm School District11287
Edgewood-colesburg Comm School District11284
Eldora-new Providence Comm School District11242
Emmetsburg Comm School District11293
English Valleys Comm School District11183
Essex Comm School District11101
Estherville Lincoln Central Com Sch Dist11460
Exira-elk Horn- Kimballton Comm Sch Dist11206
Forest City Comm School District11448
Fort Madison Comm School District11932
Fremont-mills Comm School District11262
Gmg Comm School District11271
Galva-holstein Comm School District11175
Garner-hayfield-ventura Comm School District11381
George-little Rock Comm School District11232
Gilmore City-bradgate Comm School District1159
Gladbrook-reinbeck Comm School District11262
Glidden-ralston Comm School District11227
Graettinger-terril Comm School District11149
Greene County Comm School District11518
Griswold Comm School District11227
Grundy Center Comm School District11283
Guthrie Center Comm School District11253
H-l-v Comm School District11168
Hamburg Comm School District11102
Harris-lake Park Comm School District11167
Hartley-melvin-sanborn Comm School District11261
Highland Comm School District11242
Hinton Comm School District11299
Howard-winneshiek Comm School District11349
Hubbard-radcliffe Comm School District11181
Hudson Comm School District11562
Ikm-manning Comm School District11221
Interstate 35 Comm School District11458
Iowa Valley Comm School District11314
Janesville Consolidated School District11269
Keota Comm School District11165
Kingsley-pierson Comm School District11173
Lake Mills Comm School District11303
Lamoni Comm School District11191
Laurens-marathon Comm School District11147
Lawton-bronson Comm School District11390
Lenox Comm School District11308
Lisbon Comm School District11461
Logan-magnolia Comm School District11431
Lone Tree Comm School District11196
Louisa-muscatine Comm School District11468
Lynnville-sully Comm School District11224
Moc-floyd Valley Comm School District11672
Madrid Comm School District11259
Manson Northwest Webster Comm School District11439
Marcus-meriden-cleghorn Comm School District11166
Martensdale-st Marys Comm School District11307
Mediapolis Comm School District11432
Melcher-dallas Comm School District11157
Midland Comm School District11236
Missouri Valley Comm School District11359
Montezuma Comm School District11218
Moravia Comm School District11148
Mormon Trail Comm School District11132
Morning Sun Comm School District11119
Moulton-udell Comm School District11103
Mount Ayr Comm School District11280
Mount Vernon Comm School District11543
Murray Comm School District11165
Nashua-plainfield Comm School District11281
Nevada Comm School District11632
New Hampton Comm School District11504
New London Comm School District11314
Newell-fonda Comm School District11280
Nodaway Valley Comm School District11312
North Butler Comm School District11271
North Iowa Comm School District11227
North Kossuth Comm School District11131
North Linn Comm School District11281
North Mahaska Comm School District11301
North Tama County Comm School District11276
North Union Comm School District11130
Northeast Comm School District11394
Northwood-kensett Comm School District11287
Ogden Comm School District11321
Okoboji Comm School District11491
Olin Consolidated School District1174
Orient-macksburg Comm School District1158
Osage Comm School District11405
Oskaloosa Comm School District11903
Panorama Comm School District11306
Paton-churdan Comm School District1186
Pekin Comm School District11308
Perry Comm School District11816
Pleasantville Comm School District11456
Pocahontas Area Comm School District11265
Postville Comm School District11363
Red Oak Comm School District11461
Remsen-union Comm School District11123
Riceville Comm School District11226
River Valley Comm School District11154
Roland-story Comm School District11446
Rudd-rockford-marble Rk Comm School District11235
Ruthven-ayrshire Comm School District1189
Saydel Comm School District11555
Schaller-crestland Comm School District11159
Schleswig Comm School District1175
Seymour Comm School District1198
Sheldon Comm School District11468
Shenandoah Comm School District11349
Sibley-ocheyedan Comm School District11308
Sidney Comm School District11241
Sigourney Comm School District11318
Sioux Central Comm School District11229
South Central Calhoun Comm School District11299
South Hamilton Comm School District11370
South O'brien Comm School District11328
South Page Comm School District1136
South Tama County11534
South Winneshiek Comm School District11198
Southeast Warren Comm School District11162
Spirit Lake Comm School District11547
Springville Comm School District11294
St Ansgar Comm School District11345
Stanton Comm School District11145
Starmont Comm School District11244
Stratford Comm School District1174
Tipton Comm School District11284
Treynor Comm School District11366
Tri-center Comm School District11364
Tri-county Comm School District11102
Tripoli Comm School District11219
Turkey Valley Comm School District11198
Twin Cedars Comm School District11170
Twin Rivers Comm School District1145
Underwood Comm School District11424
United Comm School District11329
Van Meter Comm School District11578
Villisca Comm School District11112
Waco Comm School District11317
Wapello Comm School District11229
Wayne Comm School District11328
West Bend-mallard Comm School District11173
West Branch Comm School District11353
West Burlington Ind School District11479
West Central Comm School District11236
West Delaware County Comm School District11449
West Fork Comm School District11388
West Hancock Comm School District11294
West Harrison Comm School District11126
West Liberty Comm School District11438
West Lyon Comm School District11561
West Marshall Comm School District11412
West Monona Comm School District11352
Westwood Comm School District11322
Whiting Comm School District1178
Williamsburg Comm School District11604
Wilton Comm School District11509
Winfield-mt Union Comm School District11182
Winterset Comm School District11488
Woodbine Comm School District11261
Woodbury Central Comm School District11283

District groups are record counts from v2026.07 K12 Atlas profiles, not evaluations.

§ FAQ

Questions about Iowa elementary schools.

How many elementary schools are in Iowa?

K12 Atlas profiles 669 elementary schools in Iowa in release v2026.07, across 326 districts.

Are primary schools and elementary schools the same in U.S. data?

Usually. U.S. datasets typically use elementary school, while many searchers use primary school for the same early-grade category; exact grade spans vary by campus.

How many students attend Iowa elementary schools?

226,577 students were enrolled across 669 elementary schools in the 2024 directory release.

How many districts and cities have elementary schools in Iowa?

The directory lists 326 districts and 380 cities with elementary-level school records.

What grades do Iowa elementary schools cover?

The most commonly reported grade spans are PK–05 (191), KG–05 (108), PK–06 (108). Each row in the tables above lists its own reported span.

How do I browse all elementary schools in Iowa?

Type in the find box above the districts table to filter by district name. School profiles for this state are not published yet; free key facts appear on every profile as coverage grows.

Can I download the full list of Iowa elementary schools?

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