Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 2
Columbus Elementary School, Chariton, IA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 301
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.0
- Students per teacher
- 15.8
- Grades
- K to 2
This school's ratio is 1.4 higher than the district figure of 14.4. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 1215 Linden Ave, Chariton, IA 50049
- Phone
- (641)774-4712
- District
- Chariton Comm School District
- County
- Lucas County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- NCES school ID
- 190705000315
School meals
- Free lunch
- 167
- Reduced-price lunch
- 30
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 19765.4% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Chariton Comm School District
- Van Allen Elementary School 292 students
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.