Eagle Grove High School

Eagle Grove High School is one of the tight-knit secondary schools in Eagle Grove, Iowa, one of the schools within Eagle Grove Comm School District, with 329 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Eagle Grove High School sits 30% leaner than that benchmark.

Eagle Grove Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,032 students; Eagle Grove High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Eagle Grove High School shows that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 47% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Wright County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Eagle Grove High School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Eagle Grove High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eagle Grove High School is in the bottom 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.7%; Eagle Grove High School posts 53.6%, -11.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, Wright County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,190 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Wright County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,451 students), Eagle Grove High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Robert Blue School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Eagle Grove High School. On composite proficiency, Eagle Grove High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eagle Grove High School has expanded 34%, going from 246 students in 2018 to 329 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 77% to 49% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.