PCM High School

PCM High School, an intimate senior high in Monroe, Iowa, part of PCM Comm School District, caters to 348 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so PCM High School sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in PCM Comm School District (1,077 students total), PCM High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PCM High School records that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Jasper County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, PCM High School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting PCM High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Jasper County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PCM High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 82.2%; this one delivers 73.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jasper County shows median household earnings sit near $71,311, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Jasper County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,668 students), of which PCM High School is one.

Monroe Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, PCM High School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 71.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PCM High School has edged up 3%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 96% to 91%.

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