Greenview Alternative School

Greenview Alternative School is a very small high school in Iowa, located in Waverly. In all, 45 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 90% below the 468-student average for high schools in Iowa.

Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District, which runs Greenview Alternative School, has 9 schools and 2,722 students.

The student body at Greenview Alternative School is 76% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Native American. The White share of the county population is higher, at 93%.

Greenview Alternative School lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 43.3 students per teacher. The school's 43.3:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for high schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 51% of the student body. The gap from the 21% average for public schools in Bremer County is 30 points.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bremer County show that the median household earns about $86,784 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Bremer County, 20 public schools serve about 5,346 students.

Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Greenview Alternative School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Federal data place Greenview Alternative School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

In 2020-21, federal data counted 24 students at Greenview Alternative School; in 2024-25, 45. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.0:1 to 43.3:1.

The allk12 page for Greenview Alternative School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.