Enrollment
219
High
DISTRICT 264 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LENOX COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191662000992
Lenox High School
600 S Locust St, Lenox, IA 50851 · (641) 333-2244 · Taylor County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL219 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
120 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Lenox Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
80.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
77.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Iowa's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
219
+2 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 11.9:1
% White
72%
was 71%
% Hispanic
26%
was 26%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lenox High School
Lenox High School, a low-enrollment four-year high school in Lenox, Iowa, part of Lenox Comm School District, caters to 219 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 53% below typical.
Lenox High School is one of 2 schools operated by Lenox Comm School District, a district that caters to 527 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Lenox High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 26% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, Lenox High School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Lenox High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lenox High School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 64.5%; this one delivers 77.3%, a residual of +12.7 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Taylor County shows median household income runs about $67,740, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Lenox High School is one of 4 public schools in Taylor County (combined enrollment of about 1,041 students).
Lenox Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Lenox High School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 73.7%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 217 students in 2018 compared to 219 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.
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Taylor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,868
Census ACS
Median income
$67,740
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lenox Comm School District
- Lenox Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Lenox Elementary School0.0 mi · 308
- Diagonal Elementary School12.1 mi · 58
- Diagonal Junior-Senior High School12.1 mi · 52
- Southwest Valley High school12.4 mi · 195
- Corning Elementary School12.6 mi · 210
- Creston Early Childhood Center16.6 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Lenox High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lenox High School?
Lenox High School enrolls approximately 219 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Lenox High School serve?
Lenox High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lenox High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lenox High School is approximately 13.8:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lenox High School?
Lenox High School reports a student body of 72% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Lenox High School in?
Lenox High School is part of Lenox Comm School District.
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