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Enrollment
662
High
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LE MARS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191653000988
Le Mars High School
921 3rd Ave SW, Le Mars, IA 51031 · (712) 546-4153 · Plymouth County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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
16.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 27.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
184 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 161 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 176 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 168 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 157 | 24% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
77.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.9% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.3% | 68.1% |
% 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Le Mars High School
Le Mars High School's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mars High School this school | 662 | 27.8% | 74.3% |
| Clear Creek Amana High School Tiffin | 800 | 28.3% | 76.1% |
| Lewis Central Senior High School Council Bluffs | 1,020 | 32.8% | 74.3% |
| Humboldt High School Humboldt | 464 | 30.2% | 80.2% |
| Marion High School Marion | 735 | 27.2% | 67.8% |
| MOC-Floyd Valley High School Orange City | 486 | 21.0% | 81.7% |
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 Le Mars High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #142 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #151 of 314 ▲ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #156 of 314 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #71 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #196 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #66 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #229 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #127 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
662
+38 (+6%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 662 | 40.9 | 16.2:1 | 28% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 38.9 | 17.8:1 | 31% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 675 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 30% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 24% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 39.1 | 16.7:1 | 23% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 612 | 43 | 14.2:1 | 25% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 19% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 726 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 7% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 28 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Le Mars High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (653 to 662); teachers up 4% (39.1 to 40.9).
About Le Mars High School
Le Mars High School is a mid-sized high school in Le Mars, Iowa. There are 662 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Iowa enroll around 468, and this school is 41% above that mark.
Le Mars Comm School District runs 6 schools with a combined 2,157 students. Le Mars High School is one of them.
White students are 72% of those enrolled at Le Mars High School. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 89% White among all Plymouth County residents. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Le Mars High School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Le Mars High School, there are about 16.2 students; the school has 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 28%. The average for public schools in Plymouth County is similar, at 29%.
On the allk12 Grade, Le Mars High School lands at B-, ahead of 49% of Iowa public high schools.
Le Mars High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (74.3%) and its predicted rate (78.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
For the population of Plymouth County, median household income comes to about $83,251, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Plymouth County's 16 public schools enroll about 4,219 students and include Le Mars High School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Le Mars Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Le Mars High School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 662 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 624. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.3:1 in 2020-21, and 16.2:1 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 Le Mars Comm School District
- Le Mars Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- Kluckhohn Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Individualized Learning CenterHigh · 39 students
Other schools in Le Mars
- Le Mars Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- Kluckhohn Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Individualized Learning CenterHigh · 39 students
Nearby schools
- Le Mars Middle School0.1 mi · 487
- Individualized Learning Center0.4 mi · 39
- Kluckhohn Elementary School0.5 mi · 407
- Franklin Elementary School0.6 mi · 261
- Clark Elementary School1.0 mi · 301
- Remsen-Union Elementary School10.6 mi · 123
Frequently asked questions
About Le Mars High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Le Mars High School?
Le Mars High School enrolls approximately 662 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Le Mars High School serve?
Le Mars High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Le Mars High School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Le Mars High School.
How diverse is Le Mars High School?
Le Mars High School reports a student body of 72% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Le Mars High School in?
Le Mars High School is part of Le Mars Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.