Atlantic High School

As a medium-sized secondary school in Atlantic, Iowa, Atlantic High School serves 478 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Atlantic Comm School District.

Atlantic Comm School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,587 students; Atlantic High School is among them.

Demographically, Atlantic High School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 6% Pacific Islander.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Atlantic High School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Atlantic High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.3%; this one delivers 68.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cass County put median household earnings sit near $63,013, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Cass County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,957 students), Atlantic High School is one campus in the mix.

Washington Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Atlantic High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 71.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Atlantic High School's enrollment has increased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 478).

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