Ankeny High School

Ankeny High School, a substantial secondary school in Ankeny, Iowa, operated by Ankeny Comm School District, enrolls 1,375 students, covering grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 194% bigger than the state mean of about 468.

Across the 18 schools in Ankeny Comm School District (12,746 students total), Ankeny High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Ankeny High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ankeny High School logs 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Polk County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Ankeny High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 80.5%; this one delivers 79.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Polk County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,576 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Polk County runs 137 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students), of which Ankeny High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Southview Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ankeny High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ankeny High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 78.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ankeny High School's enrollment has increased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 1,077 (now 1,375). White enrollment moved from 88% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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