MOC-Floyd Valley High School

MOC-Floyd Valley High School operates as a moderately sized secondary school in Orange City, Iowa, overseen by MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 486 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

MOC-Floyd Valley Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,495 students; MOC-Floyd Valley High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, MOC-Floyd Valley High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting MOC-Floyd Valley High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sioux County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MOC-Floyd Valley High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sioux County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,098, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. MOC-Floyd Valley High School is one of 19 public schools in Sioux County (combined enrollment of about 5,321 students).

Nearest neighbor: MOC-Floyd Valley Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MOC-Floyd Valley High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOC-Floyd Valley High School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 80.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. MOC-Floyd Valley High School's enrollment has expanded 24% since 2018, when it stood at 392 (now 486). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 78% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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