Enrollment
141
High
DISTRICT 147 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGSLEY-PIERSON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191575000941
Kingsley-Pierson High School
322 Quest Avenue, Kingsley, IA 51028 · (712) 378-2861 · Plymouth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL141 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Iowa public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.5:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
42 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 30 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 41 | 29% |
| Grade 12 | 30 | 21% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Kingsley-Pierson Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
86.7%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
85.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.7% | 85.7% |
| 2023-24 | 91.9% | 77.8% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Kingsley-Pierson High School
Kingsley-Pierson High School's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsley-Pierson High School this school | 141 | 29.8% | 83.3% |
| Glidden-Ralston Jr-Sr High School Glidden | 163 | 28.8% | 66.6% |
| Lone Tree Middle-Senior High School Lone Tree | 205 | 29.8% | 64.4% |
| Clayton Ridge High School Guttenberg | 176 | 32.4% | 83.3% |
| MMCRU High School Marcus | 213 | 29.1% | 79.3% |
| IKM-Manning High School Manning | 185 | 27.6% | 78.1% |
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 Kingsley-Pierson High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #29 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #13 of 314 ▲ 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.7% | #42 of 314 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 141 | #307 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #208 of 320 |
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
141
+5 (+4%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 152
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 141 | 11.3 | 12.5:1 | 30% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 137 | 10.3 | 13.3:1 | 32% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 145 | 14.2 | 10.2:1 | 31% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 16 | 8.5:1 | 26% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 140 | 13.6 | 10.3:1 | 15% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 164 | 13 | 12.6:1 | 24% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 142 | 14 | 10.1:1 | 19% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 156 | 16 | 9.8:1 | 21% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 152 | 15 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingsley-Pierson High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (140 to 141); teachers down 17% (13.6 to 11.3).
About Kingsley-Pierson High School
In Kingsley, Iowa, part of Plymouth County, Kingsley-Pierson High School is a high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 141 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Iowa) has about 468 students.
District-wide, Kingsley-Pierson Comm School District has 3 schools and 440 students.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at Kingsley-Pierson High School. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Plymouth County is about 89% White. The school's diversity index is 21%, meaning two students picked at random have a 21% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Kingsley-Pierson High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.5:1. That is 4.8 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 30%. For comparison, public schools in Plymouth County average 29%.
Kingsley-Pierson High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 92% of Iowa public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Kingsley-Pierson High School is 6.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Iowa schools.
Plymouth County has about 25,747 residents, and the median household income is $83,251, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Kingsley-Pierson High School, Plymouth County has 15 other public schools.
Kingsley Elementary School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, 5 other public schools sit within ten miles of Kingsley-Pierson High School. On state test proficiency, Kingsley-Pierson High School ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Kingsley-Pierson High School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school enrolled 141 students in 2024-25, 5 more than the 136 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.5:1 in 2020-21 to 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Plymouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,747
Census ACS
Median income
$83,251
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,219 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kingsley-Pierson Comm School District
- Kingsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 173 students
- Pierson Middle SchoolMiddle · 126 students
Nearby schools
- Kingsley Elementary School0.0 mi · 173
- Pierson Middle School6.2 mi · 126
- Moville Elementary School8.4 mi · 283
- Woodbury Central Middle School8.4 mi · 111
- Woodbury Central High School8.4 mi · 190
- Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School12.5 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Kingsley-Pierson High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kingsley-Pierson High School?
Kingsley-Pierson High School enrolls approximately 141 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Kingsley-Pierson High School serve?
Kingsley-Pierson High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kingsley-Pierson High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kingsley-Pierson High School is approximately 12.5:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kingsley-Pierson High School?
Kingsley-Pierson High School reports a student body of 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Kingsley-Pierson High School in?
Kingsley-Pierson High School is part of Kingsley-Pierson Comm School District.
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