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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