Janesville Junior-Senior High School
- ATest 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 42 | 17% |
School pathway
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.9% | 83.9% |
| 2023-24 | 86.3% | 79.5% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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%.
Schools most like Janesville Junior-Senior High School
Janesville Junior-Senior High School's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janesville Junior-Senior High School this school | 243 | 11.9% | 81.8% |
| Denver Senior High School Denver | 278 | 13.3% | 93.7% |
| Hinton High School Hinton | 370 | 10.5% | 84.4% |
| Treynor High School Treynor | 254 | 14.2% | 93.9% |
| Van Meter High School Van Meter | 316 | 9.2% | 90.4% |
| Earlham Senior High School Earlham | 189 | 15.9% | 79.3% |
Where Janesville Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Bremer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #40 of 313 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #25 of 314 ▲ 20 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #141 of 314 ▼ 98 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #216 of 340 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #247 of 259 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #224 of 260 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #311 of 320 | #6 of 6 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 243 | 12.8 | 18.9:1 | 12% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 13.8 | 16.4:1 | 17% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 237 | 11.7 | 20.3:1 | 23% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 199 | 12 | 16.6:1 | 17% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 194 | 11.2 | 17.4:1 | 26% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 177 | 9 | 19.7:1 | 23% (40) |
| 2010-11 | 151 | 10 | 15.1:1 | 18% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 134 | 10 | 13.4:1 | 12% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 184 | 17 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (194 to 243); teachers up 15% (11.2 to 12.8).
About Janesville Junior-Senior High School
Janesville Junior-Senior High School is a low-enrollment high school that serves part of Janesville, Iowa. The school's 243 students are in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 48% lower than the average for high schools in Iowa, which is about 468.
Across its 2 schools, Janesville Consolidated School District enrolls 512 students. Janesville Junior-Senior High School is one of those schools.
The student body at Janesville Junior-Senior High School is 93% White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 93% White, within a few points of the school. Janesville Junior-Senior High School's diversity index is 13%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 12.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Janesville Junior-Senior High School and a ratio of 18.9:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 12% of enrollment. That is lower than the 21% average for public schools in Bremer County.
Measured against Iowa public high schools, Janesville Junior-Senior High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Janesville Junior-Senior High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 81.8%, compared with a predicted 86.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Bremer County show that the median household income is $86,784, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Janesville Junior-Senior High School, Bremer County has 19 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Janesville Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Janesville Junior-Senior High School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Janesville Junior-Senior High School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 243 students in 2024-25, 44 more than the 199 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.9:1) than in 2020-21 (16.6:1).
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