Enrollment
242
High
DISTRICT 174 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALVA-HOLSTEIN COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191223001960
Ridge View High School
519 E Maple, Holstein, IA 51025 · (712) 368-4353 · Ida County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Iowa public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
88 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 9 | 69 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 67 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 57 | 24% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
IA avg 70.9% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.9% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 69.5% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Ridge View High School
Ridge View High School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge View High School this school | 242 | 36.4% | 67.5% |
| Lake Mills Senior High School Lake Mills | 193 | 35.2% | 79.7% |
| Alta-Aurelia High School Alta | 221 | 34.4% | 67.5% |
| New Hampton High School New Hampton | 318 | 37.4% | 77.6% |
| Wapello Senior High School Wapello | 187 | 39.0% | 63.0% |
| Riverside Middle/Senior High School Oakland | 365 | 34.8% | 74.2% |
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 Ridge View High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #218 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #231 of 314 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #247 of 314 ▼ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #220 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #63 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.5% | #93 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.4% | #155 of 320 |
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
242
+15 (+7%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 158
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 242 | 19.1 | 12.7:1 | 36% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 238 | 17.9 | 13.3:1 | 37% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 17.5 | 13.7:1 | 38% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 227 | 18 | 12.6:1 | 44% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 191 | 21.2 | 9.0:1 | 35% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 213 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 26% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 242 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 26% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 202 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 14% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 158 | 15 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ridge View High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (191 to 242); teachers down 10% (21.2 to 19.1).
About Ridge View High School
Ridge View High School operates as a small high school in Holstein, Iowa. It had 242 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 468 students for high schools in Iowa.
Galva-Holstein Comm School District includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 522 students.
At Ridge View High School, 81% of students are White. Other students are 15% Hispanic and 2% Black. That is lower than the 93% White share among all Ida County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
For every teacher at Ridge View High School, there are about 12.7 students; the school has 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Iowa, 17.3:1, is higher. There are 88 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 36% of enrollment.
Among Iowa public high schools, Ridge View High School outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Ridge View High School scores 67.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 73.8%.
In the wider Ida County area, the median household earns about $63,073 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Ridge View High School shares Ida County with 4 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Galva-Holstein Elementary School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, 2 other public schools sit within ten miles of Ridge View High School. On state test proficiency, Ridge View High School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Ridge View High School is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 227 to 242.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Ida County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,911
Census ACS
Median income
$63,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Galva-Holstein Comm School District
- Galva-Holstein Elementary SchoolElementary · 175 students
- Galva-Holstein Upper ElementaryMiddle · 105 students
Other Ridge View High schools
One other US public school is named Ridge View High. Ridge View High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ridge View HighColumbia, SC · 1,631 students
Nearby schools
- Galva-Holstein Elementary School0.0 mi · 175
- Galva-Holstein Upper Elementary6.5 mi · 105
- Odebolt Elementary-Ida Grove10.7 mi · 308
- River Valley Elementary11.1 mi · 154
- Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove High School11.2 mi · 326
- Schaller-Crestland Elementary12.2 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Ridge View High SchoolHow large is Ridge View High School?
Ridge View High School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Ridge View High School serve?
Ridge View High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Ridge View High School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Ridge View High School.
How diverse is Ridge View High School?
Ridge View High School reports a student body of 81% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Ridge View High School in?
Ridge View High School is part of Galva-Holstein Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.