Enrollment
87
High
DISTRICT 94 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESSEX COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191104000683
Essex Junior-Senior High School
111 Forbes St, Essex, IA 51638 · (712) 379-3115 · Page County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL87 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Iowa public high schools
- CTest 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
9.6:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
27 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 6 | 13 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 15 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 15 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 11 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 10 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 14 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 9 | 10% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 Essex Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.1% | 64.1% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Essex Junior-Senior High School
Essex Junior-Senior High School's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Junior-Senior High School this school | 87 | 31.0% | 67.3% |
| Kingsley-Pierson High School Kingsley | 141 | 29.8% | 83.3% |
| Glidden-Ralston Jr-Sr High School Glidden | 163 | 28.8% | 66.6% |
| Clayton Ridge High School Guttenberg | 176 | 32.4% | 83.3% |
| Montezuma High School Montezuma | 140 | 32.9% | 75.0% |
| Clarksville High School Clarksville | 125 | 27.2% | 79.5% |
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 Essex Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 87 | #326 of 340 |
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
87
-10 (-10%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 177
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 87 | 9.1 | 9.6:1 | 31% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 94 | 9.8 | 9.6:1 | 55% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 97 | 8.8 | 11.0:1 | 48% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 97 | 9 | 10.8:1 | 57% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 114 | 11.7 | 9.7:1 | 37% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 131 | 12 | 10.9:1 | 33% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 112 | 10 | 11.2:1 | 28% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 139 | 12 | 11.6:1 | 19% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 177 | 13 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Essex Junior-Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (114 to 87); teachers down 22% (11.7 to 9.1).
About Essex Junior-Senior High School
Federal records list Essex Junior-Senior High School as a high school in Essex, Iowa. Students in grades 6 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 87 students. High schools in Iowa have about 468 students on average; enrollment here is 81% lower.
Within Essex Comm School District, Essex Junior-Senior High School is one of 2 schools. The district enrolls 188 students.
Of every 100 students at Essex Junior-Senior High School, about 89 are White. It is also 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Page County at about 92% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
Essex Junior-Senior High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1, with 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Iowa, 17.3:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 31% at Essex Junior-Senior High School. The average for public schools in Page County is 42%.
Essex Junior-Senior High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of Iowa public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Essex Junior-Senior High School is 9.1 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 67.3% actual, 76.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
The school's county is Page County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $57,953 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Page County number 11, with about 2,557 students.
Essex Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Essex Junior-Senior High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within ten miles: 6. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Essex Junior-Senior High School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Essex Junior-Senior High School is Rural: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 97 to 87. The ratio of students to teachers went from 10.8:1 to 9.6:1 over the same years.
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Page County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,131
Census ACS
Median income
$57,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Essex Comm School District
- Essex Elementary SchoolElementary · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Essex Elementary School0.0 mi · 101
- Logan Preschool5.9 mi · 87
- IGNITE Online & Personalized Learning6.0 mi · 211
- Shenandoah High School6.0 mi · 300
- Shenandoah Elementary School6.1 mi · 349
- Shenandoah Middle School6.1 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Essex Junior-Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Essex Junior-Senior High School?
Essex Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 87 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Essex Junior-Senior High School serve?
Essex Junior-Senior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Essex Junior-Senior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Essex Junior-Senior High School is approximately 9.6:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Essex Junior-Senior High School?
At Essex Junior-Senior High School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Essex Junior-Senior High School public or private?
Essex Junior-Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Essex Comm School District.
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