Muscatine High School

Muscatine High School is a four-year high school of high-enrollment scale in Muscatine, Iowa, overseen by Muscatine Comm School District, hosting 1,380 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Muscatine High School sits 195% bigger than that benchmark.

Muscatine High School is one of 9 schools operated by Muscatine Comm School District, a district that serves 4,280 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Muscatine High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

In terms of school funding signals, Muscatine High School shows 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Muscatine High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.5%; this one delivers 63.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Muscatine County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,396 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Muscatine High School is one of 15 public schools in Muscatine County (combined enrollment of about 6,527 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mulberry Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Muscatine High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 63.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 1,502 students in 2018 compared to 1,380 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 66% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Muscatine High School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.