Enrollment
72
High
STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARTER ORGANIZATION: OAKMONT EDUCATION·NCES 199902202328
Great Oaks High School and Career Center
100 East Euclid, Des Moines, IA 50313 · (319) 321-9976 · Polk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL72 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
3 FTE teachers
STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
3 students
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 10 | 5 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 32% |
| Grade 12 | 44 | 61% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
IA avg 73.6%
Math
14.3%
IA avg 70.9%
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
89.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-70.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 90% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Great Oaks High School and Career Center
Great Oaks High School and Career Center's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Oaks High School and Career Center this school | 72 | 4.2% | 19.6% |
| Liberty High School North Liberty | 1,286 | 24.3% | 75.9% |
| Prairieview School Waukee | 539 | 14.3% | 79.0% |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School Sergeant Bluff | 552 | 26.1% | 79.1% |
| MOC-Floyd Valley High School Orange City | 486 | 21.0% | 81.7% |
| Akron Westfield Senior High School Akron | 188 | 18.6% | 71.7% |
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 Great Oaks High School and Career Center ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 72 | #330 of 340 | #20 of 20 |
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.
About Great Oaks High School and Career Center
Great Oaks High School and Career Center is a small high school for students in Des Moines, Iowa. The school serves 72 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. The average among high schools in Iowa is roughly 468 students; this school is 85% smaller than that.
For district matters, Great Oaks High School and Career Center falls under Charter Organization: Oakmont Education.
Enrollment at Great Oaks High School and Career Center is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 38%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White and 29% Hispanic. In Polk County overall, about 7% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Great Oaks High School and Career Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Great Oaks High School and Career Center counts 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 24.2 students for each one. The 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa is lower than this school's figure. About 4% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Polk County, the average is 49%.
Great Oaks High School and Career Center is in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 89.9%. The school's actual rate is 19.6%, 70.2 points lower.
In the county around the school, Polk County, median household income is about $83,576, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Great Oaks High School and Career Center is among the 137 public schools in Polk County.
The nearest other public school, Harding Middle School, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Great Oaks High School and Career Center. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Great Oaks High School and Career Center ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
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Nearby schools
- Harding Middle School0.2 mi · 603
- Oak Park0.4 mi · 288
- Findley Elementary School0.4 mi · 324
- Madison Elementary School0.6 mi · 285
- Cattell Elementary School0.8 mi · 314
- North High School0.8 mi · 1,428
Frequently asked questions
About Great Oaks High School and Career CenterHow large is Great Oaks High School and Career Center?
Great Oaks High School and Career Center enrolls approximately 72 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Great Oaks High School and Career Center serve?
Great Oaks High School and Career Center serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Great Oaks High School and Career Center?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Great Oaks High School and Career Center.
How diverse is Great Oaks High School and Career Center?
Great Oaks High School and Career Center reports a student body of 32% White, 29% Hispanic, 38% Black.
What district is Great Oaks High School and Career Center in?
Great Oaks High School and Career Center is part of Charter Organization: Oakmont Education.
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