North Cedar Jr/Sr High School

North Cedar Jr/Sr High School is a 9-12 campus of low-enrollment scale in Clarence, Iowa, overseen by North Cedar Comm School District, serveing 243 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so North Cedar Jr/Sr High School sits 48% below that benchmark.

Within North Cedar Comm School District, which oversees 3 schools and 550 students, North Cedar Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, North Cedar Jr/Sr High School shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 2% Black, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cedar County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at North Cedar Jr/Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cedar County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Cedar Jr/Sr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cedar County put median household income runs about $80,602, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cedar County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,030 students), North Cedar Jr/Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center, around 6.9 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Cedar Jr/Sr High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 31%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 243 in 2025.

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