Elementary · Iowa

Harding Elementary School

Free meals for all

Harding Elementary School, a public elementary school in Mason City, Iowa: grades pre-k–4, 387 students, 14.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mason City Comm School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 387
Teachers (FTE): 26.6
Students per teacher: 14.6
Grades: Pre-K–4; Elementary

More students per teacher than 75% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared

More students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 64% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 320 · 669 schools compared

Smaller than 56% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–4
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Mason City Comm School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mason City Comm School District.

Location

Address: 1239 N. Rhode Island Ave, Mason City, IA 50401
Phone: (641)421-4406
City or town: Mason City
County: Cerro Gordo County

Website Quality of life in Mason City Schools in Mason City

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Jefferson Elementary School	Pre-K–4	292	11.0	1.3 mi
Hoover Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	361	13.3	1.9 mi
Roosevelt Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	348	12.2	2.0 mi
Central Springs Elementary Manly Campus	Pre-K–3	143	12.1	8.4 mi
Central Springs Elementary School - Nora Springs	Pre-K–3	145	13.4	9.1 mi
Clear Creek Elementary School	Pre-K–5	685	14.4	9.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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