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Enrollment
1,165
High
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIANOLA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191464000872
Indianola High School
1304 E 1st, Indianola, IA 50125 · (515) 961-9510 · Warren County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,165 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% 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.
- C+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
18.2:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
280 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 316 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 287 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 297 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 265 | 23% |
Student demographics
20%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 Indianola Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
85.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
78.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 78.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.9% | 71.0% |
% 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
76.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Indianola High School
Indianola High School's state test result (76.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianola High School this school | 1,165 | 24.0% | 76.1% |
| North Scott High School Eldridge | 1,081 | 21.8% | 73.7% |
| Western Dubuque High School Epworth | 927 | 19.0% | 84.0% |
| Bondurant-Farrar High School Bondurant | 849 | 20.4% | 71.0% |
| Williamsburg Jr-Sr High School Williamsburg | 604 | 21.5% | 85.0% |
| Independence Junior Senior High School Independence | 712 | 29.4% | 71.1% |
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 Indianola High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #119 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #69 of 314 ▲ 81 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #59 of 314 ▲ 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,165 | #37 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #243 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #141 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.0% | #257 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #114 of 133 |
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
1,165
+43 (+4%) vs 2020
+105% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 1,165 | 63.9 | 18.2:1 | 24% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 1,139 | 64.9 | 17.6:1 | 25% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 1,120 | 63.3 | 17.7:1 | 25% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 1,122 | 62 | 18.1:1 | 24% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 1,132 | 60.7 | 18.7:1 | 13% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 1,131 | 63 | 17.9:1 | 24% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 989 | 58 | 17.1:1 | 24% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 1,019 | 68 | 15.0:1 | 13% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 38 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Indianola High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,132 to 1,165); teachers up 5% (60.7 to 63.9).
About Indianola High School
Indianola High School is a large high school in Indianola, Iowa, under Indianola Comm School District. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,165 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Iowa) has about 468 students.
Besides Indianola High School, Indianola Comm School District runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 3,599 students.
About 89% of the student body at Indianola High School is White. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. Indianola High School's diversity index is 20%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 63.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. Roughly 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Warren County average 24%.
The allk12 Grade for Indianola High School is B-. Compared with Iowa public high schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Indianola High School is 3.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 76.1%. Predicted: 79.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Warren County, the median household income is $94,588, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Indianola High School is one of 20 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Indianola Middle School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Indianola High School has 5 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 75.2%, lower than Indianola High School's 76.1%.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Fringe, or in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment gain, from 1,122 in 2020-21 to 1,165 in 2024-25.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
54,409
Census ACS
Median income
$94,588
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Indianola Comm School District
- Indianola Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other schools in Indianola
- Indianola Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolElementary · 456 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Irving Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Whittier Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other Indianola High schools
One other US public school is named Indianola High. Indianola High School is the largest of the 2.
- Indianola High SchoolIndianola, OK · 91 students
Nearby schools
- Indianola Middle School0.3 mi · 818
- Emerson Elementary School0.4 mi · 396
- Irving Elementary School1.2 mi · 395
- Whittier Elementary School1.8 mi · 369
- Wilder Elementary School2.5 mi · 456
- Southeast Warren Primary7.0 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Indianola High SchoolHow many students attend Indianola High School?
Indianola High School enrolls approximately 1,165 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Indianola High School serve?
Indianola High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Indianola High School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Indianola High School.
How diverse is Indianola High School?
Indianola High School reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Indianola High School public or private?
Indianola High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Indianola Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.