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Enrollment
849
High
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BONDURANT-FARRAR COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190507000154
Bondurant-Farrar High School
1000 Grant St. North, Bondurant, IA 50035 · (515) 957-8191 · Polk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL849 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
16.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
173 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 9 | 229 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 222 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 202 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 196 | 23% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
71.8%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.5% | 71.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.4% | 74.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 82% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bondurant-Farrar High School
Bondurant-Farrar High School's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bondurant-Farrar High School this school | 849 | 20.4% | 71.0% |
| North Scott High School Eldridge | 1,081 | 21.8% | 73.7% |
| Dallas Center-Grimes High School Grimes | 1,073 | 17.8% | 75.7% |
| Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School Williamsburg | 604 | 21.5% | 85.0% |
| Carlisle High School Carlisle | 754 | 23.3% | 77.1% |
| Decorah High School Decorah | 555 | 20.9% | 87.3% |
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 Bondurant-Farrar High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #188 of 313 | #9 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #154 of 314 ▼ 46 | #8 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #220 of 314 ▼ 4 | #11 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 849 | #57 of 340 | #15 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #212 of 259 | #7 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #100 of 260 | #17 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #285 of 320 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +57.2% | #6 of 133 | #1 of 13 |
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
849
+183 (+27%) vs 2020
+152% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 849 | 50.9 | 16.7:1 | 20% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 51.5 | 15.6:1 | 19% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 50.6 | 15.1:1 | 21% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 20% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 35.7 | 15.1:1 | 17% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 19% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 18% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 8% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 26 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bondurant-Farrar High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 57% (540 to 849); teachers up 43% (35.7 to 50.9).
About Bondurant-Farrar High School
In Bondurant, Iowa, part of Polk County, Bondurant-Farrar High School is a high school. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 849 students. That is 81% above the average of about 468 students for high schools in Iowa.
Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District enrolls 2,824 students in 5 schools, including Bondurant-Farrar High School.
By race and ethnicity, Bondurant-Farrar High School is 84% White. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at Bondurant-Farrar High School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Bondurant-Farrar High School totals 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Bondurant-Farrar High School is about 20%. It compares with 49% for public schools in Polk County.
Bondurant-Farrar High School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 27% of Iowa public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bondurant-Farrar High School is -10.8 points, in the bottom 10% of Iowa. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 71.0%, and the predicted rate is 81.8%.
In Polk County, home to about 503,175 people, the median household earns about $83,576 a year, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Polk County number 137, with about 77,436 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Bondurant-Farrar Junior High, is the closest to Bondurant-Farrar High School. Bondurant-Farrar High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 75.2% proficiency; Bondurant-Farrar High School posts 71.0%.
Bondurant-Farrar High School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment increased by 27% across 4 years, from 666 in 2020-21 to 849 in 2024-25.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District
- Morris ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 445 students
- Bondurant-Farrar Junior HighMiddle · 398 students
Other schools in Bondurant
- Morris ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 445 students
- Bondurant-Farrar Junior HighMiddle · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Bondurant-Farrar Junior High0.1 mi · 398
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School1.0 mi · 445
- Anderson Elementary School1.0 mi · 531
- Morris Elementary1.2 mi · 601
- Altoona Elementary4.5 mi · 429
- Willowbrook Elementary4.5 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Bondurant-Farrar High SchoolHow large is Bondurant-Farrar High School?
Bondurant-Farrar High School enrolls approximately 849 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Bondurant-Farrar High School serve?
Bondurant-Farrar High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bondurant-Farrar High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bondurant-Farrar High School is approximately 16.7:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bondurant-Farrar High School?
Student demographics at Bondurant-Farrar High School are roughly 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bondurant-Farrar High School in?
Bondurant-Farrar High School is part of Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.