Enrollment
85
High
DISTRICT 94 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOULTON-UDELL COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191980001164
Moulton-Udell High School
305 E 8th, Moulton, IA 52572 · (641) 642-8131 · Appanoose County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL85 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Iowa public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.6:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
48 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 7 | 17 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 16 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 9 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 17 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 9 | 11% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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 Moulton-Udell Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 62.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Moulton-Udell High School
Moulton-Udell High School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moulton-Udell High School this school | 85 | 56.5% | 46.0% |
| Mormon Trail Jr-Sr High School Humeston | 98 | 59.2% | N/A |
| Seymour High School Seymour | 121 | 57.0% | 51.9% |
| West Central Charter High School Maynard | 97 | 54.6% | 57.8% |
| West Harrison Middle School/High School Mondamin | 156 | 51.9% | 76.1% |
| East Union Middle-High School Afton | 242 | 58.3% | 78.5% |
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 Moulton-Udell High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 85 | #327 of 340 |
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
85
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 137
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 85 | 6.7 | 12.6:1 | 56% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 6.8 | 11.5:1 | 60% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 67 | 7.2 | 9.3:1 | 54% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 86 | 7 | 12.3:1 | 47% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 74 | 8.9 | 8.3:1 | 42% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 94 | 8 | 11.8:1 | 44% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 102 | 12 | 8.5:1 | 28% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 139 | 10 | 13.9:1 | 37% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 137 | 14 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moulton-Udell High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (74 to 85); teachers down 24% (8.9 to 6.7).
About Moulton-Udell High School
A very small high school in Moulton, Iowa, Moulton-Udell High School is part of Moulton-Udell Comm School District. It had 85 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 12. High schools in Iowa average about 468 students, which makes this school 82% below average.
Moulton-Udell High School is one of 2 schools in Moulton-Udell Comm School District, which enrolls 188 students in total.
White students are 94% of those enrolled at Moulton-Udell High School. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial and 2% Native American. That is in line with Appanoose County, where about 95% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
For every teacher at Moulton-Udell High School, there are about 12.6 students; the school has 6.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Iowa is 17.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 48 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 56% of enrollment. Public schools in Appanoose County average a similar 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Moulton-Udell High School lands at F, ahead of 4% of Iowa public high schools.
A school in Iowa with Moulton-Udell High School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 63.7%. Moulton-Udell High School scores 46.0%.
For the population of Appanoose County, the median household earns about $54,934 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Appanoose County, 8 public schools serve about 1,767 students.
Moulton Elementary School is the nearest public school to Moulton-Udell High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Nearby schools with test data average 62.9% proficiency; Moulton-Udell High School posts 46.0%.
Moulton-Udell High School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 86 in 2020-21, 85 in 2024-25.
People who know Moulton-Udell High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Appanoose County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,184
Census ACS
Median income
$54,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moulton-Udell Comm School District
- Moulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 103 students
Nearby schools
- Moulton Elementary School0.0 mi · 103
- Lakeview Elementary10.8 mi · 498
- Howar Middle School10.9 mi · 298
- Centerville High School11.0 mi · 368
- Centerville Community Preschool11.1 mi · 60
- DC Online14.2 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About Moulton-Udell High SchoolHow many students attend Moulton-Udell High School?
Moulton-Udell High School enrolls approximately 85 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Moulton-Udell High School serve?
Moulton-Udell High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Moulton-Udell High School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Moulton-Udell High School.
How diverse is Moulton-Udell High School?
Moulton-Udell High School reports a student body of 94% White, 4% Two or more.
What district is Moulton-Udell High School in?
Moulton-Udell High School is part of Moulton-Udell Comm School District.
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