Enrollment
200
High
DISTRICT 185 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190678000285
Central City High School
400 Barber Street, Central City, IA 52214 · (319) 438-6182 · Linn County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% 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.
- DBeats 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
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
74 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 6 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 42 | 21% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 Central City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +9.8pp since 2023
Math
60.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.7pp 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 60 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.2% | 60.4% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 56.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 73% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Central City High School
Central City High School's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central City High School this school | 200 | 37.0% | 63.0% |
| Turkey Valley Jr-Sr High School Jackson Junction | 185 | 37.8% | 72.2% |
| Gladbrook-Reinbeck Jr. High & High School Reinbeck | 207 | 37.7% | 75.1% |
| Belle Plaine Jr/Sr High School Belle Plaine | 205 | 39.0% | 69.6% |
| CAM Jr./Sr. High School Anita | 188 | 39.4% | 68.9% |
| Southwest Valley High school Corning | 195 | 37.4% | 56.1% |
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 Central City High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #265 of 313 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #259 of 314 ▲ 5 | #12 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #168 of 314 ▲ 94 | #7 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #259 of 340 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #1 of 259 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #199 of 260 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #147 of 320 | #5 of 15 |
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
200
-39 (-16%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 160
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 200 | 20 | 10.0:1 | 37% (74) |
| 2023-24 | 225 | 21.2 | 10.6:1 | 35% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 21 | 10.8:1 | 29% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 21 | 11.4:1 | 37% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 135 | 15.3 | 8.8:1 | 29% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 151 | 13 | 11.6:1 | 19% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 127 | 16 | 7.9:1 | 24% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 151 | 15 | 10.1:1 | 5% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 160 | 16 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central City High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 48% (135 to 200); teachers up 31% (15.3 to 20).
About Central City High School
As a low-enrollment high school, Central City High School serves students in Central City, Iowa. The grade span is 6 through 12, and enrollment is 200 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Iowa) has about 468 students.
Central City High School sits within Central City Comm School District, which has 2 schools and 370 students.
The student body at Central City High School is 92% White. Other groups make up 3% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 84% of Linn County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Central City High School operates with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.0:1. That is 7.3 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. Central City High School reports 37% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Linn County average 40%.
Measured against Iowa public high schools, Central City High School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations places Central City High School in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 10.4 points below it (63.0% actual, 73.4% predicted).
Linn County has about 230,004 residents, and the median household income is $77,649, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Central City High School, Linn County has 82 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Central City Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within ten miles are 7 other public schools. Central City High School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Central City High School's enrollment declined from 239 in 2020-21 to 200 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 11.4 in 2020-21 to 10.0 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Central City High School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central City Comm School District
- Central City Elementary SchoolElementary · 170 students
Other schools in Central City
- Central City Elementary SchoolElementary · 170 students
Other Central City High schools
One other US public school is named Central City High. Central City High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- CENTRAL CITY HIGH SCHOOLCENTRAL CITY, NE · 243 students
Nearby schools
- Central City Elementary School0.0 mi · 170
- Alburnett Elementary School6.3 mi · 395
- Alburnett Senior High School6.3 mi · 293
- Alburnett Middle School6.3 mi · 169
- North-Linn Senior High School9.0 mi · 158
- North Linn Elementary9.0 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Central City High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Central City High School?
Central City High School enrolls approximately 200 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Central City High School serve?
Central City High School serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Central City High School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Central City High School.
How diverse is Central City High School?
Central City High School reports a student body of 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Central City High School public or private?
Central City High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central City Comm School District.
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