Creston High School

As a mid-tier senior high in Creston, Iowa, Creston High School enrolls 486 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Creston Comm School District.

Across the 4 schools in Creston Comm School District (1,303 students total), Creston High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Creston High School logs that nearly all students (88%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Creston High School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Creston High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Creston High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.8%; this one delivers 76.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,772, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Union County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,746 students), of which Creston High School is one.

Creston Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Creston High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 73.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Creston High School has climbed 4%, going from 468 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 3% to 7%. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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