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Enrollment
533
High
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190681000286
Central DeWitt High School
519 E. 11th St., De Witt, IA 52742 · (563) 659-0715 · Clinton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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.
- B-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
14.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
142 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 120 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 131 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 135 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 147 | 28% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 DeWitt School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
82.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
71.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 83 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.8% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 69.3% |
% 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
76.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Central DeWitt High School
Central DeWitt High School's state test result (76.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central DeWitt High School this school | 533 | 26.6% | 76.4% |
| Clear Lake High School Clear Lake | 461 | 26.9% | 77.5% |
| Winterset Senior High School Winterset | 530 | 27.7% | 74.9% |
| Northeast Middle-High School Goose Lake | 452 | 29.0% | 80.1% |
| West Delaware High School Manchester | 436 | 25.0% | 80.8% |
| Independence Junior Senior High School Independence | 712 | 29.4% | 71.1% |
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 DeWitt High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #113 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #156 of 314 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #80 of 314 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #84 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #145 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #150 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.6% | #242 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #109 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
533
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 533 | 36.1 | 14.8:1 | 27% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 29% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 38.8 | 14.1:1 | 28% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 39 | 13.2:1 | 23% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 38 | 13.6:1 | 27% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 27% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 545 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 22% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 40 | 15.7:1 | 14% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 31 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central DeWitt High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (515 to 533); teachers down 5% (38 to 36.1).
About Central DeWitt High School
De Witt, Iowa, is home to Central DeWitt High School, a mid-sized high school. It has an enrollment of 533 students in grades 9 through 12.
Central DeWitt School District has 4 schools and 1,552 students, and Central DeWitt High School is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Central DeWitt High School is White, at 90%. The school is also 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among Clinton County residents, the White share is about 90%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 36.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.8:1. Across high schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Roughly 27% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Clinton County is 42%.
Among Iowa public high schools, Central DeWitt High School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Central DeWitt High School is 2.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 76.4% actual, 78.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
The school's county is Clinton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $66,981 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Clinton County number 18, with about 7,129 students.
Central DeWitt Intermediate School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Central DeWitt High School at 6th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 3%. The school's ratio increased from 13.2:1 to 14.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Central DeWitt School District
- Ekstrand Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Central DeWitt Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 311 students
- Central DeWitt Middle SchoolMiddle · 244 students
Other schools in De Witt
- Ekstrand Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Central DeWitt Middle SchoolMiddle · 244 students
Nearby schools
- Central DeWitt Intermediate School0.1 mi · 311
- Central DeWitt Middle School0.1 mi · 244
- Ekstrand Elementary School1.2 mi · 464
- Alan Shepard Elementary School9.2 mi · 467
- Neil Armstrong Elementary School9.3 mi · 369
- John Glenn Elementary School11.7 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Central DeWitt High SchoolHow large is Central DeWitt High School?
Central DeWitt High School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Central DeWitt High School serve?
Central DeWitt High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Central DeWitt High School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Central DeWitt High School.
How diverse is Central DeWitt High School?
Central DeWitt High School reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Central DeWitt High School public or private?
Central DeWitt High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Central DeWitt School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.