Enrollment
278
High
DISTRICT 252 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190894000514
Denver Senior High School
800 Longview Drive, Denver, IA 50622 · (319) 984-5639 · Bremer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Iowa public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
37 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 9 | 69 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 69 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 70 | 25% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 Denver Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
95.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
90.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.1% | 90.6% |
| 2023-24 | 97.6% | 91.2% |
% 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
93.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Denver Senior High School
Denver Senior High School's state test result (93.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Senior High School this school | 278 | 13.3% | 93.7% |
| Treynor High School Treynor | 254 | 14.2% | 93.9% |
| Janesville Junior-Senior High School Janesville | 243 | 11.9% | 81.8% |
| Hinton High School Hinton | 370 | 10.5% | 84.4% |
| Wapsie Valley High School Fairbank | 273 | 17.2% | 67.7% |
| Van Meter High School Van Meter | 316 | 9.2% | 90.4% |
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 Denver Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Bremer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.7% | #2 of 313 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.6% | #3 of 314 no change | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.1% | #2 of 314 ▼ 1 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #191 of 340 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #100 of 259 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.4% | #245 of 260 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #309 of 320 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.9% | #25 of 133 | 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
278
+25 (+10%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 278 | 20.4 | 13.6:1 | 13% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 18.4 | 14.8:1 | 11% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 18.4 | 14.2:1 | 12% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 17 | 14.9:1 | 14% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 219 | 17.2 | 12.7:1 | 10% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 219 | 16 | 13.7:1 | 11% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 246 | 14 | 17.6:1 | 11% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 5% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 242 | 18 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denver Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (219 to 278); teachers up 19% (17.2 to 20.4).
About Denver Senior High School
Denver Senior High School is a small high school in Denver, Iowa, one of the schools in Denver Comm School District. The school has 278 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Iowa average about 468 students, which makes this school 41% below average.
District-wide, Denver Comm School District has 4 schools and 1,007 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Denver Senior High School is White, at 95%. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic. Among Bremer County residents, the White share is about 93%. The diversity index for Denver Senior High School is 10%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Denver Senior High School reports a ratio of 13.6 students per teacher, from 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for high schools in Iowa is 17.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Denver Senior High School, 13% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Denver Senior High School lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Iowa public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Denver Senior High School, the prediction is 85.3% and the result is 93.7%.
The school is in Bremer County, where the median household earns about $86,784 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Bremer County, 20 public schools serve about 5,346 students.
Denver Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Denver Senior High School, there are 3 other public schools. Denver Senior High School is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Denver Senior High School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
From 253 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 278 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.6:1, from 14.9:1.
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Bremer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,204
Census ACS
Median income
$86,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Comm School District
- Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street BuildingElementary · 431 students
- Denver Middle SchoolMiddle · 238 students
- Denver Early Elementary SchoolElementary · 60 students
Other schools in Denver
- Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street BuildingElementary · 431 students
- Denver Middle SchoolMiddle · 238 students
- Denver Early Elementary SchoolElementary · 60 students
Nearby schools
- Denver Middle School0.0 mi · 238
- Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street Building0.4 mi · 431
- Denver Early Elementary School0.6 mi · 60
- Readlyn Elementary School5.8 mi · 107
- Janesville Junior-Senior High School6.9 mi · 243
- Janesville Elementary School6.9 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Denver Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Denver Senior High School?
Denver Senior High School enrolls approximately 278 students in grades 09-12.
Is Denver Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Denver Senior High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Denver Senior High School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Denver Senior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Denver Senior High School?
At Denver Senior High School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Denver Senior High School in?
Denver Senior High School is part of Denver Comm School District.
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