Mediapolis High School

Set in Mediapolis, Iowa, Mediapolis High School is a close-knit four-year high school, operated by Mediapolis Comm School District. It caters to 312 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Mediapolis High School sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Mediapolis High School is one of 3 schools operated by Mediapolis Comm School District, a district that educates 966 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Mediapolis High School lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Des Moines County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mediapolis High School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Des Moines County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, Mediapolis High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 78.5%; this one delivers 80.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Des Moines County shows median household earnings sit near $62,928, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Des Moines County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,632 students), Mediapolis High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mediapolis Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mediapolis High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 27%: 246 students in 2018 compared to 312 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.