Greenview Alternative School

Greenview Alternative School is one of the micro-enrollment four-year high schools in Waverly, Iowa, one of the schools within Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District, with 45 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Greenview Alternative School sits 90% below that benchmark.

Greenview Alternative School is one of 9 schools operated by Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District, a district that enrolls 2,722 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Greenview Alternative School records that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Native American. By comparison, Bremer County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Greenview Alternative School has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 43.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Greenview Alternative School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at Greenview Alternative School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bremer County runs at roughly 21%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bremer County put the typical household earns roughly $86,784 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Greenview Alternative School is one of 20 public schools in Bremer County (combined enrollment of about 5,346 students).

The closest other public school is Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 36%: 33 students in 2018 compared to 45 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 43.3:1 today.

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