Central Lee High School

Central Lee High School is a secondary school of small scale in Donnellson, Iowa, run under Central Lee Comm School District, instructing 353 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 468.

Central Lee Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,311 students; Central Lee High School is among them.

On demographics, Central Lee High School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Central Lee High School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at Central Lee High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Lee County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central Lee High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lee County) logs that median household earnings sit near $62,382, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,014 students), of which Central Lee High School is one.

The closest other public school is Central Lee Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Lee High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 66.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Central Lee High School's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 353). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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