Elementary · Iowa

Rue Elementary School

Free meals for all

Rue Elementary School, a public elementary school in Council Bluffs, Iowa: grades pre-k–5, 385 students, 15.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Council Bluffs 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: 385
Teachers (FTE): 25.1
Students per teacher: 15.3
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared

More students per teacher than 58% 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–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Council Bluffs Comm School District

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

Location

Address: 3326 6th Avenue, Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Phone: (712)328-6540
City or town: Council Bluffs
County: Pottawattamie County

Quality of life in Council Bluffs Schools in Council Bluffs

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Franklin Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	421	13.5	0.6 mi
Edison Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	384	14.2	1.1 mi
Roosevelt Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	455	13.3	1.7 mi
Pine Elementary School	Pre-K–5	342	15.5	1.8 mi
Bancroft Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	535	16.7	2.2 mi
Bloomer Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	396	13.1	2.3 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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