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Enrollment
1,020
High
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWIS CENTRAL COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191668000996
Lewis Central Senior High School
3504 Harry Langdon Blvd., Council Bluffs, IA 51503 · (712) 366-8322 · Pottawattamie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,020 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- B-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
17.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
335 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 275 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 270 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 247 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 228 | 22% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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 Lewis Central Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
73.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.1pp 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 74 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 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 72.5% |
% 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
75.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Lewis Central Senior High School
Lewis Central Senior High School's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Central Senior High School this school | 1,020 | 32.8% | 74.3% |
| Boone High School Boone | 704 | 30.7% | 69.2% |
| Le Mars High School Le Mars | 662 | 27.8% | 74.3% |
| Nevada High School Nevada | 498 | 36.5% | 70.1% |
| Carroll High School Carroll | 483 | 31.7% | 72.3% |
| Humboldt High School Humboldt | 464 | 30.2% | 80.2% |
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 Lewis Central Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Pottawattamie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #143 of 313 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #134 of 314 ▼ 10 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #148 of 314 ▼ 4 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,020 | #45 of 340 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #233 of 259 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.9% | #85 of 260 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.8% | #180 of 320 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.2% | #73 of 133 | N/A |
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
1,020
+89 (+10%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 1,020 | 58.6 | 17.4:1 | 33% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 1,002 | 56.6 | 17.7:1 | 32% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 927 | 54.4 | 17.1:1 | 34% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 931 | 55 | 16.9:1 | 36% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 926 | 57.1 | 16.2:1 | 27% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 974 | 57 | 17.1:1 | 34% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 904 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 34% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 914 | 52 | 17.6:1 | 18% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 46 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewis Central Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (926 to 1,020); teachers up 3% (57.1 to 58.6).
About Lewis Central Senior High School
The public high school Lewis Central Senior High School is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 1,020 students. It has 118% more students than the average for high schools in Iowa (about 468).
Lewis Central Senior High School is run by Lewis Central Comm School District, whose 4 schools enroll 3,143 students.
The share of White students at Lewis Central Senior High School is 79%, a majority. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census figures show Pottawattamie County is about 88% White. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at Lewis Central Senior High School are from different groups.
Lewis Central Senior High School reported 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. Roughly 33% of students at Lewis Central Senior High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Lewis Central Senior High School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of Iowa public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Lewis Central Senior High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.3%; the prediction is 75.5%.
The school's county is Pottawattamie County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $73,602 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Lewis Central Senior High School shares Pottawattamie County with 34 other public schools.
The closest school to Lewis Central Senior High School is Lewis Central Middle School, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Lewis Central Senior High School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lewis Central Senior High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Lewis Central Senior High School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 10%, from 931 to 1,020.
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Pottawattamie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
93,424
Census ACS
Median income
$73,602
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
35
15,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lewis Central Comm School District
- Titan Hill Intermediate SchoolElementary · 901 students
- Lewis Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 720 students
- E A Kreft Primary SchoolElementary · 502 students
Other schools in Council Bluffs
- Abraham Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,333 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,146 students
- Gerald W Kirn Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Titan Hill Intermediate SchoolElementary · 901 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Lewis Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 720 students
Nearby schools
- Lewis Central Middle School0.3 mi · 720
- Titan Hill Intermediate School0.7 mi · 901
- Longfellow Elementary School2.2 mi · 431
- Abraham Lincoln High School2.4 mi · 1,333
- Bloomer Elementary School2.9 mi · 396
- College View Elementary3.2 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Lewis Central Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Lewis Central Senior High School?
Lewis Central Senior High School enrolls approximately 1,020 students in grades 09-12.
Is Lewis Central Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lewis Central Senior High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Lewis Central Senior High School?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Lewis Central Senior High School.
How diverse is Lewis Central Senior High School?
Lewis Central Senior High School reports a student body of 79% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Lewis Central Senior High School in?
Lewis Central Senior High School is part of Lewis Central Comm School District.
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