Grundy Center High School

Grundy Center High School is a high school of modestly sized scale in Grundy Center, Iowa, operated by Grundy Center Comm School District, teacheing 241 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 49% below typical.

Within Grundy Center Comm School District, which oversees 3 schools and 743 students, Grundy Center High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Grundy Center High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder is composed of 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grundy Center High School sits in the top 10% of Iowa schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 75.8%; actual is 88.6%, +12.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Grundy County shows median household income runs about $87,205, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Grundy County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,334 students), Grundy Center High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Grundy Center Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Grundy Center High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Grundy Center High School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 79.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grundy Center High School has edged up 22%, going from 198 students in 2018 to 241 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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