 Grand Mound Elementary had 38 students in the 1998–1999 school year, and by 2001 the enrollment was down to 35.Grand Mound students used the library, media and computer facilities at Welton Elementary.Circa 2001 there was a bond proposal to expand the elementary schools in DeWitt, which would have centralized services and facilities for the handicapped, and close the schools in Grand Mound and Welton.