Missouri Valley High School

Missouri Valley High School is one of the compact secondary schools in Missouri Valley, Iowa, part of Missouri Valley Comm School District, with 228 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 51% leaner than typical.

Missouri Valley Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 745 students; Missouri Valley High School is among them.

Demographically, Missouri Valley High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Missouri Valley High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harrison County indicate median household income runs about $79,535, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Harrison County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,535 students), Missouri Valley High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Missouri Valley Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Missouri Valley High School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Missouri Valley High School's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 228). Class-load math has fell: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.