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Enrollment
431
High
DISTRICT 229 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDDYVILLE-BLAKESBURG- FREMONT CSD·NCES 190495000668
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High
1301 Berdan St, Eddyville, IA 52553 · (641) 969-4288 · Wapello County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- C-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
14.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
166 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 58 | 13% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Based on grade levels within Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
67.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 76.3% | 57.2% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High this school | 431 | 38.5% | 65.7% |
| Davis County Community High School Bloomfield | 358 | 39.7% | 64.4% |
| Clarinda High School Clarinda | 511 | 37.4% | 76.5% |
| Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove High School Ida Grove | 326 | 39.9% | 76.3% |
| Waukon High School Waukon | 392 | 35.2% | 82.1% |
| Knoxville High School Knoxville | 508 | 37.8% | 68.6% |
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 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #241 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #203 of 314 ▲ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #231 of 314 ▼ 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #114 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #122 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #239 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #127 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #99 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
431
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+31% since 2000-01, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 431 | 30.6 | 14.1:1 | 39% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 31.1 | 13.7:1 | 34% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 29.8 | 14.2:1 | 35% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 27% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 31% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 38% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 46% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 25% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (451 to 431); teachers up 5% (29 to 30.6).
About Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Eddyville, Iowa. The school offers grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 431 students.
Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD (4 schools, 916 students) runs Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High.
White students are 94% of those enrolled at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Wapello County's population at about 79%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High comes to 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.1:1. High schools in Iowa average 17.3:1, 3.2 more students per teacher than here. Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High counts 39% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Wapello County report 48%.
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% 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 Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High, the prediction is 72.7% and the result is 65.7%.
In Wapello County, median household income comes to about $64,766, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Wapello County counts 18 public schools with about 6,892 students.
Eddyville Elementary sits about 0.9 miles from Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High ranks 6th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High was 429 in 2020-21 and 431 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wapello County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD
- Eddyville ElementaryElementary · 274 students
- Fremont ElementaryElementary · 108 students
- Blakesburg ElementaryElementary · 103 students
Nearby schools
- Eddyville Elementary0.9 mi · 274
- Fremont Elementary10.2 mi · 108
- Oskaloosa Middle School10.3 mi · 404
- Oskaloosa Virtual Academy10.3 mi · 25
- Oskaloosa High School10.4 mi · 632
- Oskaloosa Elementary School10.4 mi · 903
Frequently asked questions
About Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High?
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High enrolls approximately 431 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High serve?
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High is approximately 14.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High?
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High?
Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Jr/Sr High is overseen by Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont CSD in Wapello County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.