ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School

ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School is one of the very small secondary schools in Elk Horn, Iowa, part of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Comm School District, with 184 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 61% leaner than typical.

Across the 2 schools in Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Comm School District (390 students total), ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. Compared to Shelby County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.1%; this one delivers 71.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,738, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Shelby County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,877 students), of which ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Elementary, around 9.4 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 75.5%.

ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School has expanded 63%, going from 113 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.