Oelwein High School

Oelwein High School operates as a compact secondary school in Oelwein, Iowa, run under Oelwein Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 334 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Oelwein High School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Oelwein Comm School District (1,326 students total), Oelwein High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oelwein High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Oelwein High School lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at Oelwein High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Oelwein High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 70.7%; actual is 58.6%, a gap of -12.1 points.

Around the school, Fayette County reports that median household income runs about $60,165, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Fayette County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,222 students), of which Oelwein High School is one.

Little Husky Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Oelwein High School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.7%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Oelwein High School's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 362 (now 334).

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