Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School

Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School operates as an one-room-style secondary school in Iowa City, Iowa, one of the schools within Iowa City Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 180 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 62% below typical.

Iowa City Comm School District comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 15,111 students; Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School reports that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,935 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Johnson County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,019 students), of which Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School is one.

Southeast Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School has edged up 9%, going from 165 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 43% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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.