Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center

Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center is a very small four-year high school in Pocahontas, Iowa, part of Pocahontas Area Comm School District. The school teaches 27 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 94% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center is one of 3 schools operated by Pocahontas Area Comm School District, a district that teaches 659 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center records that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. Compared to Pocahontas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 69.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Pocahontas County) reports that median household earnings sit near $61,875, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Pocahontas County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 806 students), of which Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center is one.

Pocahontas Area Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center has edged up 35%, going from 20 students in 2018 to 27 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 100% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 69.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.