Enrollment
205
High
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLE PLAINE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190462000124
Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School
610 13th Ave South, Belle Plaine, IA 52208 · (319) 444-3720 · Benton County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Iowa public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
80 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 30 | 15% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Belle Plaine Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
69.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 69.1% |
| 2023-24 | 75.2% | 64.6% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School
Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School this school | 205 | 39.0% | 69.6% |
| East Buchanan High School Winthrop | 189 | 39.2% | 63.2% |
| CAM Jr./Sr. High School Anita | 188 | 39.4% | 68.9% |
| Easton Valley Junior High / High School Preston | 198 | 38.9% | 61.0% |
| Southwest Valley High school Corning | 195 | 37.4% | 56.1% |
| ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School Elk Horn | 184 | 39.7% | 71.4% |
Matched among Iowa high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #202 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #186 of 314 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #172 of 314 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #253 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #6 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.1% | #226 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #124 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #19 of 125 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
205
-7 (-3%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 193
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 205 | 19.7 | 10.4:1 | 39% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 19.6 | 10.3:1 | 43% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 19.8 | 9.8:1 | 35% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 212 | 18 | 11.8:1 | 34% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 19.9 | 13.1:1 | 30% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 31% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 244 | 22 | 11.1:1 | 31% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 246 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 20% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 193 | 18 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (261 to 205); teachers down 1% (19.9 to 19.7).
About Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School
Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School is the name of a small high school in Belle Plaine, Iowa. The school serves 205 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Iowa average about 468 students.
Federal data list 2 schools in Belle Plaine Comm School District, with 472 students enrolled.
At Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School, White students make up 94% of the student body. It is also 3% multiracial. That is close to the 95% White share among all Benton County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 12%.
Its teaching staff equals 19.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.4:1. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. Around 39% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 37% average for public schools in Benton County.
allk12 grades Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School scores 69.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 72.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Benton County show that median household income is about $86,962, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 12 public schools in Benton County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,919.
The nearest other public school, Longfellow Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within ten miles of Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School had 212 students in 2020-21 and 205 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.8:1 to 10.4:1 over the same years.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,724
Census ACS
Median income
$86,962
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belle Plaine Comm School District
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 267 students
Other schools in Belle Plaine
- Longfellow Elementary SchoolElementary · 267 students
Nearby schools
- Longfellow Elementary School0.4 mi · 267
- Keystone Elementary School8.6 mi · 176
- H-L-V Elementary School11.1 mi · 168
- H-L-V Junior-Senior High School11.1 mi · 133
- Iowa Valley Elementary School11.9 mi · 314
- Iowa Valley Jr-Sr High School12.2 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High SchoolHow large is Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School?
Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School enrolls approximately 205 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School serve?
Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School is approximately 10.4:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School?
Student demographics at Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School in?
Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School is part of Belle Plaine Comm School District.
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