Enrollment
213
High
DISTRICT 602 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OTTUMWA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192211002315
Gateway High School
907 Gateway Drive, Ottumwa, IA 52501 · (641) 684-6597 · Wapello County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
29.6:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
132 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 14 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 115 | 54% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
17.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.7% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.5% | 15.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-37.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Gateway High School
Gateway High School's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway High School this school | 213 | 62.0% | 24.0% |
| Lenox High School Lenox | 219 | 54.8% | 77.3% |
| Rock Valley High School Rock Valley | 242 | 63.2% | 82.2% |
| South Tama County High School Tama | 421 | 55.8% | 55.3% |
| Saydel High School Des Moines | 458 | 52.8% | 48.9% |
| Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School Belmond | 297 | 51.9% | 68.4% |
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 Gateway High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #313 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #314 of 314 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #314 of 314 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #246 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 29.6:1 | #258 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #20 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #17 of 320 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 213 | 7.2 | 29.6:1 | 62% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 6.2 | 37.1:1 | 69% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 3.6 | 52.1:1 | 60% (113) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gateway High School.
About Gateway High School
Gateway High School is a public low-enrollment high school in Ottumwa, Iowa. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 213 students on the rolls. High schools in Iowa average about 468 students, which makes this school 54% below average.
Gateway High School falls under Ottumwa Comm School District, which has 12 schools enrolling 5,005 students.
The student body at Gateway High School is 54% White. After that, the student body is 21% Hispanic, 13% Pacific Islander, 8% Black, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Wapello County, the White share is about 79%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
The school had 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 29.6:1. Across high schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 17.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 62%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Wapello County, the school's rate is higher.
Gateway High School falls short of its prediction by 37.0 points. The model expects 61.0% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Iowa; the school's rate is 24.0%.
In the wider Wapello County area, the median household earns about $64,766 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Wapello County, 18 public schools serve about 6,892 students.
James Elementary School sits about 0.6 miles from Gateway High School. Gateway High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 54.4%, higher than Gateway High School's 24.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
This page is set up for the Gateway High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Wapello County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ottumwa Comm School District
- Ottumwa High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Evans Junior High SchoolHigh · 684 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Pickwick Early Childhood CenterElementary · 560 students
- Fahrney ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
Other schools in Ottumwa
- Ottumwa High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Evans Junior High SchoolHigh · 684 students
- Liberty Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Pickwick Early Childhood CenterElementary · 560 students
- Fahrney ElementaryElementary · 490 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
Other Gateway High schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Gateway High. Gateway High School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLFORT MYERS, FL · 2,343 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 1,882 students
- Gateway High SchoolAURORA, CO · 1,748 students
- GATEWAY HIGHST LOUIS, MO · 860 students
- Gateway HighSan Francisco, CA · 464 students
Nearby schools
- James Elementary School0.6 mi · 249
- Ottumwa High School1.1 mi · 910
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.2 mi · 250
- Wilson Elementary School1.4 mi · 335
- Evans Junior High School1.6 mi · 684
- Ottumwa Virtual Learning1.6 mi · 106
Frequently asked questions
About Gateway High SchoolHow many students attend Gateway High School?
Gateway High School enrolls approximately 213 students in grades 09-12.
Is Gateway High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gateway High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Gateway High School?
Approximately 29.6:1 students per teacher at Gateway High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gateway High School?
At Gateway High School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Gateway High School?
Gateway High School is overseen by Ottumwa Comm School District in Wapello County.
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