Enrollment
58
High
DISTRICT 74 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUTHVEN-AYRSHIRE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192505001967
Ruthven-Ayrshire High School
1505 Washington St, Ruthven, IA 51358 · (712) 837-5212 · Palo Alto County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL58 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
4 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
22 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
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Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
IA avg 70.9% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 6 points.
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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
58
-26 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.8:1
% White
88%
was 94%
% Hispanic
9%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Ruthven-Ayrshire High School
Ruthven-Ayrshire High School operates as a rural-scale 9-12 campus in Ruthven, Iowa, operated by Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 58 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Ruthven-Ayrshire High School sits 88% leaner than that benchmark.
Within Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 147 students, Ruthven-Ayrshire High School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Ruthven-Ayrshire High School reports that nearly all students (88%) are White. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, Ruthven-Ayrshire High School shows 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at Ruthven-Ayrshire High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Ruthven-Ayrshire High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.0%; this one delivers 68.3%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Palo Alto County) records that the typical household earns roughly $72,781 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Ruthven-Ayrshire High School is one of 10 public schools in Palo Alto County (combined enrollment of about 1,472 students).
Nearest neighbor: Ruthven-Ayrshire Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, Ruthven-Ayrshire High School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 70.3%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ruthven-Ayrshire High School has declined 31%, going from 84 students in 2018 to 58 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 2% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.
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Palo Alto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,863
Census ACS
Median income
$72,781
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
1,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District
- Ruthven-Ayrshire Elementary SchoolElementary · 89 students
Nearby schools
- Ruthven-Ayrshire Elementary School0.0 mi · 89
- Graettinger-Terril High School10.4 mi · 128
- Graettinger-Terril Middle School10.4 mi · 48
- Emmetsburg Middle School10.6 mi · 199
- Emmetsburg High School10.6 mi · 235
- West Elementary School11.0 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Ruthven-Ayrshire High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ruthven-Ayrshire High School?
Ruthven-Ayrshire High School enrolls approximately 58 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Ruthven-Ayrshire High School serve?
Ruthven-Ayrshire High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Ruthven-Ayrshire High School have?
Ruthven-Ayrshire High School employs 4 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Ruthven-Ayrshire High School?
Ruthven-Ayrshire High School reports a student body of 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Ruthven-Ayrshire High School?
Ruthven-Ayrshire High School is overseen by Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm School District in Palo Alto County.
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