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Does Carroll High School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
483
High
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190633000218
Carroll High School
2809 N Grant Rd, Carroll, IA 51401 · (712) 792-8010 · Carroll County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Iowa public high schools
- B-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
13.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
153 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 109 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 124 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 126 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 124 | 26% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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 Carroll Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.4%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
72.2%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 75 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 are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.4% | 72.2% |
| 2023-24 | 80.4% | 74.5% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Carroll High School
Carroll High School's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll High School this school | 483 | 31.7% | 72.3% |
| Grinnell Community Senior High School Grinnell | 512 | 31.6% | 81.4% |
| Iowa Falls - Alden High School Iowa Falls | 398 | 30.4% | 64.3% |
| Boone High School Boone | 704 | 30.7% | 69.2% |
| Harlan High School Harlan | 486 | 28.6% | 76.7% |
| Northeast Middle-High School Goose Lake | 452 | 29.0% | 80.1% |
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 Carroll High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #171 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #150 of 314 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #202 of 314 ▼ 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #96 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #95 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #107 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.7% | #189 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #131 of 133 |
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
483
-68 (-12%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 483 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 32% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 31% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 36.2 | 15.1:1 | 29% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 24% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 33.2 | 14.4:1 | 31% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 31% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 28% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 16% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 28 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carroll High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (480 to 483); teachers up 8% (33.2 to 36).
About Carroll High School
Students in Carroll, Iowa, attend Carroll High School, a medium-sized high school. The school's 483 students are in grades 9 through 12.
Carroll Comm School District has 1,593 students in 4 schools, and Carroll High School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Carroll High School is 86% White. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's diversity index is 26%, meaning two students picked at random have a 26% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 36 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.4:1. On average, high schools in Iowa have 17.3:1, compared with 13.4:1 here. Around 32% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Carroll High School is C+. Compared with Iowa public high schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Carroll High School is 3.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
Among Carroll County residents, the median household income is $72,930, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Carroll High School, Carroll County has 9 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Carroll Middle School, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Carroll High School is 6th on average proficiency.
Carroll High School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is down 12% from 2020-21, when Carroll High School had 551 students, to 2024-25, when it had 483. The school's ratio fell from 15.3:1 to 13.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Carroll High School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,594
Census ACS
Median income
$72,930
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,912 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll Comm School District
- Carroll Middle SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
Other schools in Carroll
- Carroll Middle SchoolMiddle · 459 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
Other Carroll High schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Carroll High. Carroll High School is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Carroll High SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 2,623 students
- Carroll High SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 1,928 students
- Carroll High SchoolSOUTHLAKE, TX · 1,357 students
- Carroll High SchoolOzark, AL · 640 students
- Carroll High SchoolMonroe, LA · 577 students
Nearby schools
- Carroll Middle School0.2 mi · 459
- Fairview Elementary School0.9 mi · 419
- Adams Elementary School1.4 mi · 232
- Glidden-Ralston Elementary School7.2 mi · 227
- Glidden-Ralston Jr-Sr High School7.2 mi · 163
- Westside Junior-Senior High School12.3 mi · 108
Frequently asked questions
About Carroll High SchoolHow large is Carroll High School?
Carroll High School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades 09-12.
Is Carroll High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carroll High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Carroll High School have?
Carroll High School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Carroll High School?
Student demographics at Carroll High School are roughly 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Carroll High School in?
Carroll High School is part of Carroll Comm School District.
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