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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Centerville High School this year?
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Enrollment
368
High
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTERVILLE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190675000275
Centerville High School
600 CHS Drive, Centerville, IA 52544 · (641) 856-0813 · Appanoose County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Iowa public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
188 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 81 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 86 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 109 | 30% |
| Grade 12 | 92 | 25% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 Centerville Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
61.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.1% | 61.4% |
| 2023-24 | 66.2% | 51.1% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Centerville High School
Centerville High School's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville High School this school | 368 | 51.1% | 60.8% |
| Vinton-Shellsburg High School Vinton | 414 | 49.5% | 78.5% |
| Maquoketa Community High School Maquoketa | 477 | 53.0% | 50.5% |
| Cardinal High School Eldon | 270 | 53.3% | 65.3% |
| Southeast Valley High School Gowrie | 340 | 47.1% | 57.3% |
| Chariton High School Chariton | 372 | 55.1% | 67.5% |
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 Centerville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #277 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #254 of 314 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #239 of 314 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #131 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #130 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #183 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #49 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #50 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
368
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 368 | 25.7 | 14.3:1 | 51% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 24.5 | 16.3:1 | 41% (164) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 26.5 | 15.3:1 | 44% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 48% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 27.5 | 15.2:1 | 51% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 40% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 36% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 25% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 35 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centerville High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (417 to 368); teachers down 7% (27.5 to 25.7).
About Centerville High School
Families in Centerville, Iowa, are served by Centerville High School, a small high school. The school has 368 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Iowa average about 468 students, which makes this school 21% below average.
A total of 4 schools make up Centerville Comm School District, with 1,224 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Centerville High School is 90%. Enrollment also includes 4% Hispanic and 2% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
Centerville High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1, with 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Iowa is 17.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 51% at Centerville High School. That is in line with the 54% average for public schools in Appanoose County.
Centerville High School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 16% of Iowa public high schools.
Centerville High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.8%, compared with a predicted 66.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Appanoose County show that the median household earns about $54,934 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Appanoose County has 8 public schools with about 1,767 students, including Centerville High School.
Of the public schools around it, Centerville High School is closest to Howar Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Centerville High School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Centerville High School ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 60.8% versus a 62.4% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 36 students, from 404 to 368. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.5:1 to 14.3:1.
Centerville High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Appanoose County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,184
Census ACS
Median income
$54,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Centerville Comm School District
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Howar Middle SchoolMiddle · 298 students
- Centerville Community PreschoolElementary · 60 students
Other schools in Centerville
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 498 students
- Howar Middle SchoolMiddle · 298 students
- Centerville Community PreschoolElementary · 60 students
Other Centerville High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Centerville High. Centerville High School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Centerville High SchoolCenterville, OH · 2,720 students
- Centerville High SchoolCenterville, LA · 429 students
- Centerville High SchoolGROVETON, TX · 145 students
- Centerville High School - 01Centerville, SD · 94 students
- Centerville High SchoolSand Coulee, MT · 73 students
Nearby schools
- Howar Middle School0.2 mi · 298
- Centerville Community Preschool0.6 mi · 60
- Lakeview Elementary0.8 mi · 498
- Moulton-Udell High School11.0 mi · 85
- Moulton Elementary School11.0 mi · 103
- Moravia Elementary School11.9 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About Centerville High SchoolHow many students attend Centerville High School?
Centerville High School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades 09-12.
Is Centerville High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Centerville High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Centerville High School have?
Centerville High School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Centerville High School?
Student demographics at Centerville High School are roughly 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Centerville High School public or private?
Centerville High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Centerville Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.