West Elementary School serves 202 students in grades Kindergarten-4.
The student:teacher ratio of 13:1 was lower than the Iowa state level of 14:1.
Minority enrollment was 72% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which was higher than the Iowa state average of 29% (majority Hispanic and Black).
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