Elementary · Iowa
James Elementary School
Free meals for allJames Elementary School, a public elementary school in Ottumwa, Iowa: grades k–5, 249 students, 13.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ottumwa 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
- 249
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.1
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 53% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 70% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 320 · 669 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote town
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ottumwa Comm School District.
Location
- Address
- 1001 N Benton, Ottumwa, IA 52501
- Phone
- (641)684-5411
- City or town
- Ottumwa
- County
- Wapello County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Horace Mann Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 250 | 13.1 |
Wilson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 335 | 12.4 |
Eisenhower Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 248 | 13.7 |
Fahrney ElementaryFree meals for all | 3–5 | 490 | 15.9 |
Douma Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 1–2 | 327 | 11.3 |
Pickwick Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 560 | 22.6 |
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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
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