Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School

Located at 606 Adrian St, in Churdan, Iowa, Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School is a very small four-year high school that enrolls 99 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by Paton-Churdan Comm School District. Enrollment runs roughly 79% leaner than the state mean of about 468.

Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School is one of 2 schools operated by Paton-Churdan Comm School District, a district that teaches 185 students overall.

On demographics, Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School lists that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 100.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 47% of students at Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.2%; this one delivers 77.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Greene County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,409, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Greene County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,425 students), of which Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School is one.

Paton-Churdan Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 67.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School has fell 5%, going from 104 students in 2018 to 99 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 2% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 100.0:1 in 2025.

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