Dallas Center-Grimes High School

Dallas Center-Grimes High School, a high-enrollment high school in Grimes, Iowa, operated by Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District, instructs 1,073 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Dallas Center-Grimes High School sits 129% bigger than that benchmark.

Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,743 students; Dallas Center-Grimes High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Dallas Center-Grimes High School shows that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dallas Center-Grimes High School reports 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dallas Center-Grimes High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.0%; this one delivers 75.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dallas County put the typical household earns roughly $102,379 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dallas County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students), Dallas Center-Grimes High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DC-G Oak View, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dallas Center-Grimes High School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 83.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dallas Center-Grimes High School has climbed 80%, going from 597 students in 2018 to 1,073 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 91% to 86% over that span.

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