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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to K

Early Childhood Center, Fort Dodge, IA

CEP schoolEarly Childhood Center is a public elementary school in Fort Dodge, part of Fort Dodge Comm School District. It enrolled 376 students in 2024-25, with 13.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
376
Teachers (FTE)
27.0
Students per teacher
13.9
Grades
PK to K

This school's ratio is 1.9 lower than the district figure of 15.8. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.9
District15.8
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
104 So. 17th St., Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Phone
(515)574-5740
District
Fort Dodge Comm School District
County
Webster County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Remote
NCES school ID
191182002171
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
139
Reduced-price lunch
19
Free or reduced-price lunch
15842.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Fort Dodge Comm School District

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.