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What tradition at Iowa City High School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
1,666
High
DISTRICT 1,162 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470000892
Iowa City High School
1900 Morningside Dr, Iowa City, IA 52245 · (319) 688-1040 · Johnson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,666 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Iowa public high schools
- CTest 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
16.4:1
102 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
699 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 41%
Community
6
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 | 457 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 410 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 395 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 404 | 24% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.2% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 64.0% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Iowa City High School
Iowa City High School's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa City High School this school | 1,666 | 42.0% | 66.8% |
| Central High School Davenport | 1,288 | 49.2% | 51.1% |
| North High School Davenport | 1,190 | 51.9% | 47.5% |
| West High School Davenport | 1,304 | 54.4% | 38.6% |
| Burlington Community High School Burlington | 1,016 | 49.3% | 48.7% |
| Ottumwa High School Ottumwa | 910 | 37.4% | 58.9% |
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 Iowa City High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #229 of 313 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #244 of 314 ▼ 24 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #252 of 314 ▼ 5 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,666 | #11 of 340 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #201 of 259 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #16 of 260 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.0% | #102 of 320 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #103 of 133 | N/A |
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
1,666
+94 (+6%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,229
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,666 | 101.6 | 16.4:1 | 42% (699) |
| 2023-24 | 1,606 | 99.7 | 16.1:1 | 43% (689) |
| 2022-23 | 1,599 | 105.2 | 15.2:1 | 39% (631) |
| 2020-21 | 1,572 | 102 | 15.4:1 | 39% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 1,600 | 92.6 | 17.3:1 | 37% (593) |
| 2015-16 | 1,650 | 92 | 17.9:1 | 37% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 1,398 | 84 | 16.6:1 | 31% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 1,549 | 82 | 18.9:1 | 12% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 1,229 | 63 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iowa City High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (1,600 to 1,666); teachers up 10% (92.6 to 101.6).
About Iowa City High School
Iowa City High School is a large high school for students in Iowa City, Iowa. It had 1,666 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 468 students for high schools in Iowa.
Iowa City Comm School District has 15,111 students spread across 29 schools.
No group is above 50% at Iowa City High School; the largest is White, at 49%. The school is also 20% Black, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 76%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Iowa City High School scores 66%.
There are 101.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Iowa City High School, giving a ratio of 16.4:1. High schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 17.3:1. By family income, 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public high schools, Iowa City High School outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Iowa City High School, the prediction is 71.0% and the result is 66.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Johnson County show that the median household earns about $74,935 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Johnson County, 43 public schools serve about 20,019 students.
The closest school to Iowa City High School is Longfellow Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. Iowa City High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Iowa City High School at 4th of 7.
Federal data place Iowa City High School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment increased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The discussion board for Iowa City High School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- Penn Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
Other schools in Iowa City
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Weber ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Ernest Horn Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Alexander ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Longfellow Elementary School0.7 mi · 325
- Robert Lucas Elementary School0.9 mi · 245
- Helen Lemme Elementary School1.0 mi · 340
- Southeast Middle School1.0 mi · 1,269
- Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School1.1 mi · 180
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.2 mi · 207
Frequently asked questions
About Iowa City High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Iowa City High School?
Iowa City High School enrolls approximately 1,666 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Iowa City High School serve?
Iowa City High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Iowa City High School?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Iowa City High School.
How diverse is Iowa City High School?
Iowa City High School reports a student body of 49% White, 20% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Iowa City High School in?
Iowa City High School is part of Iowa City Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.