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Enrollment
472
High
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLES CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190708000319
Charles City High School
1 Comet Dr, Charles City, IA 50616 · (641) 257-6510 · Floyd County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- C-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
15.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
211 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 121 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 119 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 137 | 29% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 Charles City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 61.1% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Charles City High School
Charles City High School's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles City High School this school | 472 | 44.7% | 60.5% |
| Mason City High School Mason City | 891 | 41.2% | 58.6% |
| West Burlington Arnold Jr./Sr. High School West Burlington | 396 | 36.9% | 76.8% |
| Clinton High School Clinton | 981 | 46.3% | 55.6% |
| New London Jr-Sr High School New London | 284 | 41.2% | 65.9% |
| Fort Dodge High School Fort Dodge | 1,020 | 48.3% | 54.2% |
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 Charles City High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #279 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #267 of 314 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #263 of 314 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #100 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #171 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #68 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #77 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #80 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
472
-73 (-13%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 472 | 30.7 | 15.4:1 | 45% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 31.6 | 16.5:1 | 49% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 47% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 47% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 43% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 41% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 37% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 24% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 39 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles City High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (506 to 472); teachers down 17% (37 to 30.7).
About Charles City High School
Charles City High School serves students in Charles City, Iowa, as a mid-sized high school. In all, 472 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12.
Charles City Comm School District enrolls 1,344 students, and its 4 schools include Charles City High School.
At Charles City High School, 74% of students are White. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Floyd County is roughly 90% White. The diversity index for Charles City High School is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.4:1. The school has 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa is 1.9 students per teacher. In all, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public high schools, Charles City High School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Charles City High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.5% and a predicted 69.6%.
Census data for Floyd County show median household income comes to about $68,557, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 8 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,152, Charles City High School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Charles City Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Charles City High School. The five-mile area around Charles City High School holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 69.2% proficiency; Charles City High School posts 60.5%.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 13%, from 545 to 472.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Charles City High School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Floyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,328
Census ACS
Median income
$68,557
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,152 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charles City Comm School District
- Charles City Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 206 students
Other schools in Charles City
- Charles City Middle SchoolMiddle · 386 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 280 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 206 students
Nearby schools
- Charles City Middle School0.1 mi · 386
- Lincoln Elementary School0.5 mi · 280
- Washington Elementary School1.4 mi · 206
- Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School9.6 mi · 281
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School9.8 mi · 311
- North Butler Jr/Sr High School13.3 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Charles City High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Charles City High School?
Charles City High School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Charles City High School serve?
Charles City High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Charles City High School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Charles City High School.
What is the student diversity at Charles City High School?
Student demographics at Charles City High School are roughly 74% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Charles City High School?
Charles City High School is overseen by Charles City Comm School District in Floyd County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.