Enrollment
190
High
DISTRICT 186 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLINS-MAXWELL COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190790001951
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School
400 Metcalf St., Maxwell, IA 50161 · (515) 387-1115 · Story County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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.
- 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
10.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
67 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 24 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 19 | 10% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 Collins-Maxwell Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
68.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.6% | 68.1% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 67.7% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School this school | 190 | 35.3% | 71.8% |
| East Marshall Senior High School Le Grand | 217 | 33.6% | 71.8% |
| Gladbrook-Reinbeck Jr. High & High School Reinbeck | 207 | 37.7% | 75.1% |
| Nodaway Valley High School Greenfield | 180 | 35.6% | 73.5% |
| BCLUW High School Conrad | 172 | 37.2% | 80.3% |
| Tripoli Middle/Sr High School Tripoli | 170 | 34.1% | 72.7% |
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 Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Story County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #178 of 313 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #193 of 314 ▼ 3 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #97 of 314 ▲ 61 | #4 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 190 | #272 of 340 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #163 of 320 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #36 of 125 | N/A |
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
190
+9 (+5%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 190 | 18 | 10.6:1 | 35% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 208 | 19.2 | 10.8:1 | 38% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 17.9 | 11.6:1 | 36% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 21 | 8.6:1 | 29% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 20.2 | 11.0:1 | 26% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 21 | 11.2:1 | 28% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | 25 | 10.4:1 | 23% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 27 | 10.7:1 | 15% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 134 | 13 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (223 to 190); teachers down 11% (20.2 to 18).
About Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School runs as a low-enrollment high school in Maxwell, Iowa. The school serves grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 190 students. That is 59% below the average of about 468 students for high schools in Iowa.
Collins-Maxwell Comm School District includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 372 students.
At Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School, 91% of students are White. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Story County is roughly 82% White. The diversity index for Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 18 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.6:1. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa is 6.7 students per teacher. The school reported 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of Iowa public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School is 2.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
Census data for Story County show median household income comes to about $69,685, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 26 public schools in the county, enrolling about 11,665, Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School among them.
Collins-Maxwell Elementary School is the nearest public school to Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School, about 4.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School as Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 5%, from 181 to 190. Students per teacher increased from 8.6 in 2020-21 to 10.6 in 2024-25.
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Story County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,466
Census ACS
Median income
$69,685
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,665 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Collins-Maxwell Comm School District
- Collins-Maxwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Collins-Maxwell Elementary School4.9 mi · 182
- Ballard East Elementary7.6 mi · 417
- Nevada High School9.2 mi · 498
- Colo-NESCO Middle/High School9.2 mi · 216
- Nevada Middle School9.3 mi · 442
- Central Elementary School9.3 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About Collins-Maxwell Middle/High SchoolHow many students attend Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School?
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School enrolls approximately 190 students in grades 06-12.
Is Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School is approximately 10.6:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School?
At Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School in?
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School is part of Collins-Maxwell Comm School District.
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