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The smallest public high schools in Iowa

Across Iowa, 340 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the smallest total enrollment (schools with at least 10 students). South Page Senior High School leads the list at 22, against a median of 301 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

340

Iowa

Best Students

Median Students

301

SMALLEST · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	South Page Senior High School	College Springs, IA	South Page Comm School District	High	22
2	WisdomQuest Education Center	Mount Pleasant, IA	Mount Pleasant Comm School District	High	26
3	Individualized Learning Center	Le Mars, IA	Le Mars Comm School District	High	39
4	Greenview Alternative School	Waverly, IA	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District	High	45
5	St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS	Storm Lake, IA	Storm Lake Comm School District	High	50
6	WEST Academy Alternative School	Newton, IA	Newton Comm School District	High	51
7	Diagonal Junior-Senior High School	Diagonal, IA	Diagonal Comm School District	High	52
8	Hamburg Charter High School	Hamburg, IA	Hamburg Comm School District	High	58
9	Ruthven-Ayrshire High School	Ruthven, IA	Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District	High	58
10	Whiting Senior High School	Whiting, IA	Whiting Comm School District	High	61
11	Great Oaks High School and Career Center	Des Moines, IA	Charter Organization: Oakmont Education	High	72
12	Tri-County JR/SR High School	Thornburg, IA	Tri-County Comm School District	High	77
13	Lamoni High School	Lamoni, IA	Lamoni Comm School District	High	81
14	Moulton-Udell High School	Moulton, IA	Moulton-Udell Comm School District	High	85
15	Kee High School	Lansing, IA	Eastern Allamakee Comm School District	High	87
16	Essex Junior-Senior High School	Essex, IA	Essex Comm School District	High	87
17	Alternative School	Mason City, IA	Mason City Comm School District	High	91
18	West Central Charter High School	Maynard, IA	West Central Comm School District	High	97
19	Mormon Trail Jr-Sr High School	Humeston, IA	Mormon Trail Comm School District	High	98
20	City View High	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	High	100
21	George-Little Rock Senior High School	George, IA	George-Little Rock Comm School District	High	102
22	Westside Junior-Senior High School	Westside, IA	Ar-We-Va Comm School District	High	108
23	Woodward Academy	Woodward, IA	Woodward-Granger Comm School District	High	110
24	Keota High School	Keota, IA	Keota Comm School District	High	114
25	West Bend-Mallard High School	West Bend, IA	West Bend-Mallard Comm School District	High	117
26	Seymour High School	Seymour, IA	Seymour Comm School District	High	121
27	North Iowa High School	Buffalo Center, IA	North Iowa Comm School District	High	124
28	Clarksville High School	Clarksville, IA	Clarksville Comm School District	High	125
29	Graettinger-Terril High School	Graettinger, IA	Graettinger-Terril Comm School District	High	128
30	H-L-V Junior-Senior High School	Victor, IA	H-L-V Comm School District	High	133
31	River Valley Junior- Senior High School	Correctionville, IA	River Valley Comm School District	High	137
32	Newell-Fonda High School	Newell, IA	Newell-Fonda Comm School District	High	138
33	Montezuma High School	Montezuma, IA	Montezuma Comm School District	High	140
34	Kingsley-Pierson High School	Kingsley, IA	Kingsley-Pierson Comm School District	High	141
35	Twin Cedars Jr-Sr High School	Bussey, IA	Twin Cedars Comm School District	High	142
36	Murray Jr/Sr High	Murray, IA	Murray Comm School District	High	145
37	Highland High School	Riverside, IA	Highland Comm School District	High	149
38	Melcher-Dallas High School	Melcher, IA	Melcher-Dallas Comm School District	High	151
39	Walnut Creek Campus	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	High	152
40	Stanton High School	Stanton, IA	Stanton Comm School District	High	153
41	West Harrison Middle School/High School	Mondamin, IA	West Harrison Comm School District	High	156
42	North-Linn Senior High School	Troy Mills, IA	North Linn Comm School District	High	158
43	Lynnville-Sully High School	Sully, IA	Lynnville-Sully Comm School District	High	160
44	West Hancock High School	Britt, IA	West Hancock Comm School District	High	161
45	West Monona High School	Onawa, IA	West Monona Comm School District	High	161
46	Glidden-Ralston Jr-Sr High School	Glidden, IA	Glidden-Ralston Comm School District	High	163
47	St Ansgar High School	St Ansgar, IA	St Ansgar Comm School District	High	166
48	North Union High School	Armstrong, IA	North Union Comm School District	High	170
49	Tripoli Middle/Sr High School	Tripoli, IA	Tripoli Comm School District	High	170
50	BCLUW High School	Conrad, IA	BCLUW Comm School District	High	172

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