Marshalltown High School

Marshalltown High School, a large secondary school in Marshalltown, Iowa, operated by Marshalltown Comm School District, teaches 1,629 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 248% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Marshalltown Comm School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,099 students; Marshalltown High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marshalltown High School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 30% White, 5% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Marshalltown High School records 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marshalltown High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 54.6%, a residual of -1.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Marshall County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $73,315 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marshalltown High School is one of 17 public schools in Marshall County (combined enrollment of about 6,903 students).

Nearest neighbor: Anson Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Marshalltown High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marshalltown High School has rose 10%, going from 1,486 students in 2018 to 1,629 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 40% to 30%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Marshalltown High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.