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What's the most underrated thing about Nevada High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
498
High
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEVADA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192025001202
Nevada High School
1001 15th St, Nevada, IA 50201 · (515) 382-3521 · Story County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% 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.
- C+Beats 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
15.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
182 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 | 119 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 126 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 128 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 125 | 25% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 Nevada Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 63.7% |
% 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Nevada High School
Nevada High School's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada High School this school | 498 | 36.5% | 70.1% |
| Algona High School Algona | 458 | 36.2% | 72.7% |
| Riverside Middle/Senior High School Oakland | 365 | 34.8% | 74.2% |
| Glenwood Senior High School Glenwood | 570 | 36.8% | 75.2% |
| Knoxville High School Knoxville | 508 | 37.8% | 68.6% |
| Washington High School Cherokee | 366 | 39.9% | 74.8% |
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 Nevada High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Story County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #197 of 313 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #189 of 314 ▲ 34 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #175 of 314 ▲ 39 | #5 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #92 of 340 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #182 of 259 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #88 of 260 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #154 of 320 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #76 of 133 | N/A |
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
498
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 498 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 37% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 31.1 | 16.2:1 | 35% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 491 | 32.1 | 15.3:1 | 33% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 33% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 29.4 | 15.4:1 | 26% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 29% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 28% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 15% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 31 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nevada High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (453 to 498); teachers up 9% (29.4 to 32).
About Nevada High School
Nevada High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Nevada, Iowa. There are 498 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12.
Nevada Comm School District has 1,572 students in 3 schools, and Nevada High School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Nevada High School, about 81 are White. Smaller groups are 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Story County at about 82% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Nevada High School comes to 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.6:1. The school's 15.6:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for high schools in Iowa. On the income side, 37% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 28% average for public schools in Story County is 9 points.
Nevada High School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Iowa public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Nevada High School falls in the middle 80% of Iowa schools: 70.1% actual against 73.7% predicted.
In the wider Story County area, the median household earns about $69,685 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 55% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Story County, 26 public schools serve about 11,665 students.
Nevada High School's nearest public school is Nevada Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Nevada High School. On state test proficiency, Nevada High School ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Nevada High School is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 4%.
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Story County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,466
Census ACS
Median income
$69,685
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,665 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nevada Comm School District
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Nevada Middle SchoolMiddle · 442 students
Other schools in Nevada
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Nevada Middle SchoolMiddle · 442 students
Other Nevada High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Nevada High. Nevada High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- NEVADA HIGHNEVADA, MO · 754 students
- NEVADA HIGH SCHOOLROSSTON, AR · 200 students
Nearby schools
- Nevada Middle School0.1 mi · 442
- Central Elementary School0.4 mi · 632
- Colo-NESCO Middle/High School6.3 mi · 216
- Mitchell Elementary School8.6 mi · 314
- Meeker Elementary School9.1 mi · 361
- Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School9.2 mi · 190
Frequently asked questions
About Nevada High SchoolHow many students attend Nevada High School?
Nevada High School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades 09-12.
Is Nevada High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nevada High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Nevada High School have?
Nevada High School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Nevada High School?
Student demographics at Nevada High School are roughly 81% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Nevada High School public or private?
Nevada High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nevada Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.