Elementary · Iowa

Lowell Elementary School

Free meals for all

Lowell Elementary School, a public elementary school in Waterloo, Iowa: grades pre-k–5, 538 students, 12.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waterloo 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: 538
Teachers (FTE): 42.2
Students per teacher: 12.8
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 88% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 320 · 669 schools compared

Larger than 72% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Waterloo Comm School District

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

Location

Address: 1628 Washington St, Waterloo, IA 50702
Phone: (319)433-1900
City or town: Waterloo
County: Black Hawk County

Quality of life in Waterloo Schools in Waterloo

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Irving Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	353	10.5	0.8 mi
Kittrell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	576	12.4	0.9 mi
Highland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	448	11.9	1.5 mi
Kingsley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	337	11.6	1.6 mi
Cunningham SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	443	12.7	1.7 mi
Lou Henry Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	460	12.1	2.2 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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 193048001731