Enrollment
320
High
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTICELLO COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191965001153
Monticello High School
850 East Oak Street, Monticello, IA 52310 · (319) 465-3000 · Jones County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Iowa public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
99 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 77 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 85 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 86 | 27% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Monticello Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.8%
IA avg 73.6% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +13.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.8% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 68.1% | 62.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Monticello High School
Monticello High School's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello High School this school | 320 | 30.9% | 70.0% |
| Anamosa High School Anamosa | 381 | 30.7% | 62.6% |
| Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School Manson | 337 | 30.3% | 60.9% |
| Pleasantville High School Pleasantville | 241 | 31.1% | 64.6% |
| Iowa Falls - Alden High School Iowa Falls | 398 | 30.4% | 64.3% |
| Tri-Center High School Neola | 225 | 30.2% | 72.8% |
Matched among Iowa high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Monticello High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #198 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #108 of 314 ▲ 124 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #195 of 314 ▲ 60 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #158 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #50 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #151 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #195 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #48 of 125 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
320
-67 (-17%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 320 | 26.1 | 12.3:1 | 31% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 26.1 | 12.9:1 | 28% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 26.1 | 14.0:1 | 27% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 27% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 23% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 22% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 27% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 14% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 30 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monticello High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (365 to 320); teachers down 3% (27 to 26.1).
About Monticello High School
Monticello High School, located in Monticello, Iowa, is a small high school. The student body numbers 320 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Iowa is about 468, so this school runs 32% smaller than that.
Monticello Comm School District counts 4 schools and 999 students, including Monticello High School.
White students are the large majority at Monticello High School, with 89% of enrollment. Other groups include 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 92% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Monticello High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
The school employs the equivalent of 26.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.3:1. Among high schools in Iowa, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 31%.
The allk12 Grade for Monticello High School is C. Compared with Iowa public high schools, the school scored higher than 33% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Monticello High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.0%; the prediction is 76.5%.
Within Jones County, median household income is about $73,531, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Jones County number 10 and enroll about 2,693.
The shortest distance from Monticello High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Monticello Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Monticello High School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Monticello High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 387 in 2020-21 and 320 in 2024-25, a 17% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.3:1) than in 2020-21 (14.3:1).
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Monticello High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jones County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,896
Census ACS
Median income
$73,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
2,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monticello Comm School District
- Monticello Middle SchoolMiddle · 305 students
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolElementary · 208 students
- Shannon Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
Other schools in Monticello
- Monticello Middle SchoolMiddle · 305 students
- Carpenter Elementary SchoolElementary · 208 students
- Shannon Elementary SchoolElementary · 166 students
Other Monticello High schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Monticello High. Monticello High School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Monticello HighCharlottesville, VA · 1,184 students
- MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOLMONTICELLO, NY · 833 students
- MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOLMONTICELLO, AR · 506 students
- Monticello High SchoolMonticello, IL · 489 students
- Monticello HighMONTICELLO, UT · 211 students
Nearby schools
- Monticello Middle School0.1 mi · 305
- Shannon Elementary School0.8 mi · 166
- Carpenter Elementary School1.3 mi · 208
- Johnston Elementary School8.9 mi · 94
- Anamosa Middle School9.2 mi · 335
- Cascade Junior-Senior High School9.4 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Monticello High SchoolHow many students attend Monticello High School?
Monticello High School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Monticello High School serve?
Monticello High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Monticello High School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Monticello High School.
What is the student diversity at Monticello High School?
Student demographics at Monticello High School are roughly 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Monticello High School?
Monticello High School is overseen by Monticello Comm School District in Jones County.
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