Roland-Story High School

Roland-Story High School, a cozy high school in Story City, Iowa, overseen by Roland-Story Comm School District, educates 317 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 468.

Roland-Story Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,094 students; Roland-Story High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Roland-Story High School reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Roland-Story High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 18% of students at Roland-Story High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Story County (around 28%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Roland-Story High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.0%; this one delivers 85.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Story County put median household earnings sit near $69,685, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Story County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,665 students), of which Roland-Story High School is one.

The closest other public school is Roland-Story Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Roland-Story High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roland-Story High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 88.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roland-Story High School has shrank 6%, going from 336 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025.

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