Bondurant-Farrar High School

Set in Bondurant, Iowa, Bondurant-Farrar High School is a large four-year high school, operated by Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District. It works with 849 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% above the state mean of about 468.

Bondurant-Farrar High School is one of 5 schools operated by Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District, a district that enrolls 2,824 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bondurant-Farrar High School records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Bondurant-Farrar High School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Polk County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bondurant-Farrar High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 81.8%; actual is 71.0%, a gap of -10.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Polk County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,576, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 137 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students), of which Bondurant-Farrar High School is one.

The closest other public school is Bondurant-Farrar Junior High, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bondurant-Farrar High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 75.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bondurant-Farrar High School has ticked up 57%, going from 540 students in 2018 to 849 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Bondurant-Farrar High School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.