Center Point-Urbana High School

Center Point-Urbana High School operates as a moderately sized 9-12 campus in Center Point, Iowa, overseen by Center Point-Urbana Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 440 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Within Center Point-Urbana Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,370 students, Center Point-Urbana High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Center Point-Urbana High School reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Linn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at Center Point-Urbana High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Linn County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Center Point-Urbana High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 84.7%; this one delivers 82.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Linn County shows median household income runs about $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Center Point-Urbana High School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students).

Nearest neighbor: Center Point-Urbana Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Center Point-Urbana High School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Center Point-Urbana High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 81.0%.

Center Point-Urbana High School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.