Decorah High School

As a reasonably sized senior high in Decorah, Iowa, Decorah High School enrolls 555 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Decorah Community School District.

Across the 5 schools in Decorah Community School District (1,522 students total), Decorah High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Decorah High School reports that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Decorah High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Decorah High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.5%, the actual is 87.3%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Winneshiek County shows median household income runs about $79,066, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Decorah High School is one of 10 public schools in Winneshiek County (combined enrollment of about 2,434 students).

The closest other public school is John Cline Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Decorah High School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 74.7%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 568 students in 2018 compared to 555 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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