Ridge View High School

Ridge View High School is one of the modestly sized four-year high schools in Holstein, Iowa, one of the schools within Galva-Holstein Comm School District, with 242 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 468.

Galva-Holstein Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 522 students. Ridge View High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Ridge View High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school records 15% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Ridge View High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ridge View High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.8%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of -6.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Ida County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,073, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Ridge View High School is one of 5 public schools in Ida County (combined enrollment of about 1,156 students).

The closest other public school is Galva-Holstein Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ridge View High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 73.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ridge View High School's enrollment has expanded 27% since 2018, when it stood at 191 (now 242). Class-load math has grew: from 9.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.