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Enrollment
570
High
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLENWOOD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191269000767
Glenwood Senior High School
504 East Sharp Street, Glenwood, IA 51534 · (712) 527-4897 · Mills County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Iowa public high schools
- BTest 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.
- ·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
17.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
210 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 | 138 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 151 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 149 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 132 | 23% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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 Glenwood Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
80.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
79.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 81 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.6% | 79.9% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 71.9% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Glenwood Senior High School
Glenwood Senior High School's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood Senior High School this school | 570 | 36.8% | 75.2% |
| Knoxville High School Knoxville | 508 | 37.8% | 68.6% |
| Atlantic High School Atlantic | 478 | 37.2% | 68.5% |
| Clarinda High School Clarinda | 511 | 37.4% | 76.5% |
| Algona High School Algona | 458 | 36.2% | 72.7% |
| Oskaloosa High School Oskaloosa | 632 | 38.1% | 66.9% |
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 Glenwood Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #130 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #54 of 314 ▲ 81 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #114 of 314 ▲ 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #77 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #229 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #131 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #152 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #57 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
570
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 570 | 32.9 | 17.3:1 | 37% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 35.4 | 16.9:1 | 38% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 37.3 | 16.1:1 | 35% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 36% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 40.3 | 15.7:1 | 31% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 37 | 17.3:1 | 27% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 676 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 28% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 30% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 32 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glenwood Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (634 to 570); teachers down 18% (40.3 to 32.9).
About Glenwood Senior High School
Glenwood Senior High School is a mid-sized high school. Its address is in Glenwood, Iowa. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 570 students. By comparison, high schools in Iowa enroll about 468 students on average.
Glenwood Comm School District has 4 schools and 2,001 students, and Glenwood Senior High School is one of those schools.
Roughly 88% of students at Glenwood Senior High School are White. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The diversity index for Glenwood Senior High School is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. The 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa is close to this figure. Glenwood Senior High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Glenwood Senior High School lands at B, ahead of 64% of Iowa public high schools.
Test results at Glenwood Senior High School are 1.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (75.2% actual, 73.5% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mills County show that median household income comes to about $90,753, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mills County counts 6 public schools with about 2,449 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Glenwood Middle School, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Glenwood Senior High School ranks 3rd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Federal data place Glenwood Senior High School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Glenwood Senior High School had a net loss of 40 students, or 7%.
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Mills County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,568
Census ACS
Median income
$90,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,449 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Glenwood Comm School District
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 453 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Other schools in Glenwood
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 453 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Glenwood Middle School0.2 mi · 453
- Northeast Elementary School0.6 mi · 538
- West Elementary School0.9 mi · 440
- East Mills Jr/Sr High School8.1 mi · 234
- East Mills Elementary School8.1 mi · 214
- PLATTSMOUTH EARLY CHILDHOOD8.8 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Glenwood Senior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Glenwood Senior High School?
Glenwood Senior High School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades 09-12.
Is Glenwood Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glenwood Senior High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Glenwood Senior High School have?
Glenwood Senior High School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Glenwood Senior High School?
Student demographics at Glenwood Senior High School are roughly 88% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Glenwood Senior High School in?
Glenwood Senior High School is part of Glenwood Comm School District.
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