Iowa Falls - Alden High School

As an average-sized secondary school in Iowa Falls, Iowa, Iowa Falls - Alden High School hosts 398 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Iowa Falls Comm School District.

Across the 4 schools in Iowa Falls Comm School District (1,228 students total), Iowa Falls - Alden High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Iowa Falls - Alden High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Iowa Falls - Alden High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hardin County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Iowa Falls - Alden High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 76.7%; actual is 64.3%, a gap of -12.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hardin County) logs that median household income runs about $65,069, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Iowa Falls - Alden High School is one of 14 public schools in Hardin County (combined enrollment of about 3,073 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rock Run Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Iowa Falls - Alden High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Iowa Falls - Alden High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 72.9%.

Iowa Falls - Alden High School operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Iowa Falls - Alden High School has edged down 5%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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