AGWSR High School

AGWSR High School is one of the modestly sized 9-12 campuss in Ackley, Iowa, overseen by AGWSR Comm School District, with 190 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 59% smaller than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

AGWSR High School is one of 5 schools operated by AGWSR Comm School District, a district that works with 642 students overall.

In terms of who attends, AGWSR High School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting AGWSR High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AGWSR High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.8%, the actual is 67.1%, a residual of -2.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hardin County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,069 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Hardin County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,073 students), AGWSR High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is AGWSR Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AGWSR High School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 77.5%.

AGWSR High School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AGWSR High School has ticked up 20%, going from 158 students in 2018 to 190 in 2025.

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