Elementary · Iowa
Melcher-Dallas Elementary
Melcher-Dallas Elementary, a public elementary school in Dallas, Iowa: grades pre-k–6, 157 students, 13.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Melcher-Dallas 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
- 157
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- 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 89% of elementary schools in Iowa
Median 320 · 669 schools compared
Smaller than 91% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant rural area
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Melcher-Dallas Comm School District.
Location
- Address
- 1003 E Park St, Dallas, IA 50062
- Phone
- (641)947-3151
- City or town
- Melcher-Dallas
- County
- Marion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–2 | 485 | 15.8 | |
| 3–5 | 348 | 14.1 | |
| Pre-K–6 | 456 | 13.3 | |
| Pre-K–4 | 162 | 10.4 | |
| 3–5 | 292 | 16.2 | |
| K–2 | 301 | 15.2 |
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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