Nevada High School

Nevada High School operates as a moderately sized high school in Nevada, Iowa, overseen by Nevada Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 498 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Within Nevada Comm School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,572 students, Nevada High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nevada High School reports that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Story County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Story County's rate of about 28%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nevada High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.7%, the actual is 70.1%, a residual of -3.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Story County) shows that median household income runs about $69,685, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Story County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,665 students), of which Nevada High School is one.

The closest other public school is Nevada Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 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), Nevada High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 77.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 10%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 498 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 81% across the same window.

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