Enrollment
304
High
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191179000716
Forest City High School
206 W School St, Forest City, IA 50436 · (641) 585-2324 · Winnebago County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Iowa public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
96 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 9 | 74 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 74 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 69 | 23% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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 Forest City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
80.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
79.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.1% | 79.7% |
| 2023-24 | 78.1% | 70.0% |
% 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
78.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% 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 Forest City High School
Forest City High School's state test result (78.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest City High School this school | 304 | 31.6% | 78.3% |
| Iowa Falls - Alden High School Iowa Falls | 398 | 30.4% | 64.3% |
| Northwood-Kensett Middle/High School Northwood | 265 | 30.2% | 72.3% |
| Riverside Middle/Senior High School Oakland | 365 | 34.8% | 74.2% |
| Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School Garner | 295 | 33.9% | 79.1% |
| Colfax-Mingo Jr/Sr High School Colfax | 287 | 33.8% | 68.5% |
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 Forest City High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #88 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.7% | #57 of 314 ▲ 107 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #122 of 314 ▲ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #166 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #20 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #103 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #191 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #26 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
304
-42 (-12%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 304 | 27.4 | 11.1:1 | 32% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 26.7 | 12.5:1 | 36% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 35% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 32% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 26.4 | 14.3:1 | 36% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 31% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 31 | 11.6:1 | 30% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 43 | 11.3:1 | 15% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 31 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest City High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (379 to 304); teachers up 4% (26.4 to 27.4).
About Forest City High School
Forest City High School is a small high school that serves part of Forest City, Iowa. It has an enrollment of 304 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Iowa enroll around 468, and this school is 35% below that mark.
Forest City High School sits within Forest City Comm School District, which has 3 schools and 1,082 students.
Of every 100 students at Forest City High School, about 83 are White. Other students are 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 28% means there is a 28% chance two randomly chosen students at Forest City High School are from different groups.
On staff are 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.1:1. High schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 17.3:1. About 32% of students at Forest City High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Forest City High School lands at B+, ahead of 73% of Iowa public high schools.
Forest City High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.3% is 2.1 points above the 76.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Winnebago County, the median household earns about $67,642 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Forest City High School, Winnebago County has 9 public schools.
Forest City Middle School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Forest City High School. Forest City High School has 2 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 81.8%, higher than Forest City High School's 78.3%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% decline, from 346 to 304. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.3:1 to 11.1:1.
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Winnebago County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,583
Census ACS
Median income
$67,642
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,190 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forest City Comm School District
- Forest City Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Forest City Middle SchoolMiddle · 330 students
Other schools in Forest City
- Forest City Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Forest City Middle SchoolMiddle · 330 students
Nearby schools
- Forest City Middle School0.1 mi · 330
- Forest City Elementary School0.2 mi · 448
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle School11.9 mi · 255
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School11.9 mi · 381
- Lake Mills Senior High School11.9 mi · 193
- Lake Mills Middle School11.9 mi · 146
Frequently asked questions
About Forest City High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Forest City High School?
Forest City High School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades 09-12.
Is Forest City High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest City High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Forest City High School have?
Forest City High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Forest City High School?
Student demographics at Forest City High School are roughly 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Forest City High School public or private?
Forest City High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Forest City Comm School District.
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