Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School

Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School is a senior high of tight-knit scale in Garner, Iowa, operated by Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Comm School District, educateing 295 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 37% smaller than typical.

Across the 3 schools in Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Comm School District (931 students total), Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder comes out to 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 75.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Hancock County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,601 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Hancock County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,560 students), of which Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School. On composite proficiency, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 81.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School has declined 7%, going from 317 students in 2018 to 295 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 92% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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