Mid City High

Mid City High operates as a modestly sized secondary school in Davenport, Iowa, operated by Davenport Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 306 students spanning grades 8 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 35% smaller than typical.

Davenport Comm School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 12,812 students; Mid City High is among them.

Demographically, Mid City High logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 23% Black, 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Scott County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Scott County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Scott County put median household earnings sit near $78,277, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mid City High is one of 53 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students).

Nearest neighbor: Adams Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Mid City High operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Mid City High's enrollment has ticked up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 250 (now 306). White enrollment moved from 62% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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