Enrollment
182
High
DISTRICT 209 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALAMUS-WHEATLAND COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190600002042
Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center
110 E Park Rd, Wheatland, IA 52777 · (563) 374-1292 · Clinton County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C-Beats 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
10.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
52 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 35 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 44 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 26 | 14% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
67.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.7pp 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 68 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.2% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 74.1% | 63.0% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center
Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center this school | 182 | 28.6% | 69.7% |
| IKM-Manning High School Manning | 185 | 27.6% | 78.1% |
| Glidden-Ralston Jr-Sr High School Glidden | 163 | 28.8% | 66.6% |
| Stanton High School Stanton | 153 | 26.1% | 76.3% |
| MMCRU High School Marcus | 213 | 29.1% | 79.3% |
| Martensdale-St Marys Jr-Sr High School Martensdale | 225 | 26.7% | 80.3% |
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 Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #200 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #195 of 314 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #167 of 314 ▲ 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #283 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #224 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #33 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
182
-29 (-14%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 226
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 182 | 18.2 | 10.0:1 | 29% (52) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 17.5 | 11.7:1 | 29% (60) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 18.7 | 10.5:1 | 32% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 211 | 20 | 10.6:1 | 36% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 215 | 20.2 | 10.6:1 | 25% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 19 | 13.0:1 | 25% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 254 | 20 | 12.7:1 | 32% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 249 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 11% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 226 | 25 | 9.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (215 to 182); teachers down 10% (20.2 to 18.2).
About Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center
Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center is a small high school in Wheatland, Iowa, (ZIP code 52777). It enrolled 182 students in grades 7 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Iowa average about 468 students each.
Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center is one of 2 schools in Calamus-Wheatland Comm School District, which enrolls 418 students in total.
The large majority of students at Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center, 95%, are White. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
Its teaching staff equals 18.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.0:1. For comparison, high schools in Iowa average 17.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 29%. The 42% average for public schools in Clinton County is 13 points higher.
allk12 grades Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center a C. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.7%; the prediction is 77.7%.
Census estimates describe Clinton County this way: median household income is about $66,981, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 18 public schools in Clinton County, with a combined enrollment of about 7,129.
Nearest public school: Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center, about 4.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 211 in 2020-21 and 182 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease.
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Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,268
Census ACS
Median income
$66,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,129 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calamus-Wheatland Comm School District
- Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance CenterElementary · 236 students
Nearby schools
- Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center4.2 mi · 236
- North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center4.9 mi · 168
- Bennett Elementary School9.7 mi · 76
- North Cedar Jr/Sr High School11.8 mi · 243
- Midland Elementary12.0 mi · 236
- John Glenn Elementary School12.7 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance CenterHow large is Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center?
Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center enrolls approximately 182 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center serve?
Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center is approximately 10.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center?
At Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center in?
Calamus-Wheatland Secondary Attendance Center is part of Calamus-Wheatland Comm School District.
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