Enrollment
180
High
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NODAWAY VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191311000788
Nodaway Valley High School
410 NW 2nd, Greenfield, IA 50849 · (641) 630-1042 · Adair County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL180 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Iowa public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
64 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 38 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 51 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 45 | 25% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Nodaway Valley Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
76.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +14.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.4% | 76.7% |
| 2023-24 | 74.3% | 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
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% 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 Nodaway Valley High School
Nodaway Valley High School's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nodaway Valley High School this school | 180 | 35.6% | 73.5% |
| East Mills Jr/Sr High School Malvern | 234 | 36.8% | 73.0% |
| Tripoli Middle/Sr High School Tripoli | 170 | 34.1% | 72.7% |
| Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center Coon Rapids | 214 | 34.1% | 78.2% |
| Harris-Lake Park High School Lake Park | 174 | 38.5% | 78.9% |
| Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School Maxwell | 190 | 35.3% | 71.8% |
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 Nodaway Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #154 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #96 of 314 ▲ 135 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #103 of 314 ▲ 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 180 | #285 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #162 of 320 |
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
180
-21 (-10%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 91
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 180 | 18 | 10.0:1 | 36% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 16.5 | 12.3:1 | 40% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 17.5 | 11.0:1 | 46% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 201 | 20 | 10.1:1 | 48% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 20.5 | 9.3:1 | 36% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 18 | 10.9:1 | 35% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 210 | 21 | 10.0:1 | 30% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 279 | 4 | 69.8:1 | 27% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 91 | 4 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nodaway Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (191 to 180); teachers down 12% (20.5 to 18).
About Nodaway Valley High School
In Greenfield, Iowa, Nodaway Valley High School is a small high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 180 students. Against the 468-student average for high schools in Iowa, enrollment here is 62% lower.
Nodaway Valley Comm School District counts 636 students in its 3 schools, and Nodaway Valley High School is one of them.
Most students at Nodaway Valley High School are White: 88% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Nodaway Valley High School has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Nodaway Valley High School operates with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.0:1. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. Nodaway Valley High School reports 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Nodaway Valley High School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Nodaway Valley High School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 74.2%. Nodaway Valley High School scores 73.5%, within a point of that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Adair County show that median household income is about $68,092, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Nodaway Valley High School is one of 5 public schools in Adair County, which together enroll about 744 students.
The next-closest public school is Nodaway Valley Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside ten miles. Nodaway Valley High School's average proficiency of 73.5% compares with 75.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Nodaway Valley High School as Rural: Remote.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 180 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 201.
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Adair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,460
Census ACS
Median income
$68,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
744 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nodaway Valley Comm School District
- Nodaway Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 312 students
- Nodaway Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 144 students
Other schools in Greenfield
- Nodaway Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 312 students
Nearby schools
- Nodaway Valley Elementary School0.1 mi · 312
- Nodaway Valley Middle School5.5 mi · 144
- Orient-Macksburg Senior High School8.1 mi · 50
- Orient Elementary School8.1 mi · 58
- Stuart Elementary School15.5 mi · 211
- Adair-Casey Elementary School15.7 mi · 160
Frequently asked questions
About Nodaway Valley High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nodaway Valley High School?
Nodaway Valley High School enrolls approximately 180 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Nodaway Valley High School serve?
Nodaway Valley High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Nodaway Valley High School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Nodaway Valley High School.
How diverse is Nodaway Valley High School?
Nodaway Valley High School reports a student body of 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Nodaway Valley High School?
Nodaway Valley High School is overseen by Nodaway Valley Comm School District in Adair County.
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