South Winneshiek High School

South Winneshiek High School, a tight-knit secondary school in Calmar, Iowa, overseen by South Winneshiek Comm School District, teaches 205 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so South Winneshiek High School sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

South Winneshiek Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 529 students; South Winneshiek High School is among them.

On demographics, South Winneshiek High School records that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic. Compared to Winneshiek County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, South Winneshiek High School lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at South Winneshiek High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Winneshiek High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 79.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Winneshiek County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,066, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Winneshiek County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,434 students), South Winneshiek High School is one campus in the mix.

South Winneshiek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Winneshiek High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 82.9%.

South Winneshiek High School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. South Winneshiek High School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 198 (now 205).

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