Enrollment
289
High
DISTRICT 326 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANVILLE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190855000455
Danville Junior-Senior High School
419 South Main Street, Danville, IA 52623 · (319) 392-4222 · Des Moines County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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
16.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
109 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 7 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 14% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 Danville Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.8% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.9% | 69.7% |
% 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Danville Junior-Senior High School
Danville Junior-Senior High School's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville Junior-Senior High School this school | 289 | 37.7% | 70.9% |
| Camanche High School Camanche | 309 | 38.5% | 72.8% |
| Sigourney Jr-Sr High Sch Sigourney | 287 | 36.9% | 79.4% |
| South Central Calhoun High School Lake City | 284 | 40.5% | 74.1% |
| Gladbrook-Reinbeck Jr. High & High School Reinbeck | 207 | 37.7% | 75.1% |
| WACO High School Wayland | 241 | 40.7% | 68.0% |
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 Danville Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #189 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #128 of 314 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #157 of 314 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #183 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #194 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #178 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #138 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #100 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
289
-19 (-6%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 252
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 289 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 38% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 20.3 | 15.0:1 | 38% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 35% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 27% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 19.6 | 15.4:1 | 22% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 23% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 21 | 13.5:1 | 29% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 254 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 11% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 252 | 20 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Danville Junior-Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (302 to 289); teachers down 8% (19.6 to 18).
About Danville Junior-Senior High School
This page covers Danville Junior-Senior High School, a small high school in Danville, Iowa. Enrolled students number 289 students, in grades 7 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Iowa average about 468 students each.
Danville Comm School District counts 651 students in its 2 schools, and Danville Junior-Senior High School is one of them.
The student body at Danville Junior-Senior High School is 91% White. The rest of enrollment is 5% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 18 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.1:1. On average, high schools in Iowa have 17.3:1, compared with 16.1:1 here. Around 38% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Danville Junior-Senior High School is C+. Compared with Iowa public high schools, the school scored higher than 44% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 73.1% at Danville Junior-Senior High School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.9%.
Across Des Moines County, the median household income is $62,928, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Des Moines County is home to 15 public schools and about 5,632 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Danville Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 6 more public schools inside ten miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Danville Junior-Senior High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Danville Junior-Senior High School as Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, Danville Junior-Senior High School's enrollment declined 6%, to 289.
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Des Moines County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,487
Census ACS
Median income
$62,928
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,632 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Danville Comm School District
- Danville Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Danville Elementary School0.0 mi · 362
- Clark Elementary School6.3 mi · 314
- New London Jr-Sr High School6.3 mi · 284
- West Burlington Arnold Jr./Sr. High School8.6 mi · 396
- West Burlington Elem School8.6 mi · 479
- Aldo Leopold Intermediate School9.5 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Danville Junior-Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Danville Junior-Senior High School?
Danville Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Danville Junior-Senior High School serve?
Danville Junior-Senior High School serves grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Danville Junior-Senior High School have?
Danville Junior-Senior High School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Danville Junior-Senior High School?
Student demographics at Danville Junior-Senior High School are roughly 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Danville Junior-Senior High School in?
Danville Junior-Senior High School is part of Danville Comm School District.
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