H-L-V Junior-Senior High School

H-L-V Junior-Senior High School is one of the minimally staffed four-year high schools in Victor, Iowa, part of H-L-V Comm School District, with 133 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 72% below typical.

H-L-V Comm School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 301 students. H-L-V Junior-Senior High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, H-L-V Junior-Senior High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest comes out to 3% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Iowa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, H-L-V Junior-Senior High School logs 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, H-L-V Junior-Senior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Iowa County put median household earnings sit near $71,223, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Iowa County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,580 students), H-L-V Junior-Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: H-L-V Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), H-L-V Junior-Senior High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. H-L-V Junior-Senior High School's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 143 (now 133). The White share of enrollment decreased from 98% to 92% over that span.

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