Enrollment
367
High
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POCAHONTAS AREA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192319001373
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School
205 2nd Ave NW, Pocahontas, IA 50574 · (712) 335-4848 · Pocahontas County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Iowa public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 40.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
197 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 7 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 73 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 51 | 14% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pocahontas Area Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
70.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.3% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 68.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School this school | 367 | 53.7% | 70.5% |
| Chariton High School Chariton | 372 | 55.1% | 67.5% |
| Red Oak Junior/Senior High School Red Oak | 420 | 48.8% | 66.7% |
| Cardinal High School Eldon | 270 | 53.3% | 65.3% |
| Centerville High School Centerville | 368 | 51.1% | 60.8% |
| Maquoketa Community High School Maquoketa | 477 | 53.0% | 50.5% |
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 Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #192 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #168 of 314 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #165 of 314 ▲ 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 367 | #132 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #34 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #87 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.7% | #36 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #111 of 125 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
367
-37 (-9%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 223
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 367 | 31.2 | 11.8:1 | 54% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 29.3 | 12.8:1 | 57% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 28.6 | 13.7:1 | 56% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 54% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 27.8 | 13.5:1 | 43% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 38% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 201 | 19 | 10.6:1 | 33% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 22% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 223 | 22 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (376 to 367); teachers up 12% (27.8 to 31.2).
About Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School is the name of a small high school in Pocahontas, Iowa. The school runs grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 367 students. By comparison, high schools in Iowa enroll about 468 students on average.
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School is one school in Pocahontas Area Comm School District, a system of 3 schools with 659 students.
The share of White students at Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School is 81%. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. Pocahontas County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school's share is lower. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
Based on 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School has a ratio of 11.8:1. The average for high schools in Iowa, 17.3:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Iowa public high schools.
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (70.5%) and its predicted rate (65.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Pocahontas County show that the median household earns about $61,875 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Pocahontas County has 4 public schools with about 806 students, including Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School.
Measured in a straight line, Pocahontas Area Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The nearest schools with test data average 61.6%, lower than Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School's 70.5%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
The school shrank from 404 students in 2020-21 to 367 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.8:1.
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Pocahontas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,046
Census ACS
Median income
$61,875
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
806 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pocahontas Area Comm School District
- Pocahontas Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Pocahontas Area Regional Learning CenterHigh · 27 students
Other schools in Pocahontas
- Pocahontas Area Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Pocahontas Area Regional Learning CenterHigh · 27 students
Nearby schools
- Pocahontas Area Elementary School0.1 mi · 265
- Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center0.2 mi · 27
- Gilmore City Elementary School11.9 mi · 59
- Laurens-Marathon Elementary School12.2 mi · 147
- Albert City-Truesdale Elementary School14.4 mi · 100
- Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School15.5 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Pocahontas Area Middle/ High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School?
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School enrolls approximately 367 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School serve?
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School is approximately 11.8:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School?
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School reports a student body of 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School public or private?
Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pocahontas Area Comm School District.
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