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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTHEAST WARREN COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192685001576

Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School

16331 Tyler St, Liberty Center, IA 50145 · (641) 466-3331 · Warren County
GRADES 05–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Iowa public high schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats 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

Enrollment
276
High
DISTRICT 178 · STATE 468
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
82 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 53212%
Grade 63412%
Grade 72810%
Grade 82810%
Grade 93011%
Grade 103412%
Grade 114215%
Grade 124817%
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 48% · US 70%
White
26094%
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 70% · US 43%
Hispanic
124%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 14% · US 30%
Two+
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
14954%
Female
12746%

School pathway

Feeds from
Southeast Warren PrimaryPK–04
Based on grade levels within Southeast Warren Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ISASP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
84.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
73.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.2pp since 2023

What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

ISASP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2584.3%73.6%
2023-2482.1%73.4%
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School

Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School this school27629.7%78.0%
Osage High School
Osage
29428.2%84.3%
MFL MarMac High School
Monona
26330.8%66.3%
South O'Brien Secondary School
Paullina
24129.0%82.9%
Audubon Middle-High School
Audubon
29128.2%82.9%
Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School
Nashua
31129.3%72.7%
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 Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Iowa
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
78.0%#93 of 313
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
73.6%#136 of 314
▼ 22
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
84.3%#67 of 314
▲ 33
Enrollment
ranked largest first
276#192 of 340
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.7:1#30 of 259
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
11.1%#240 of 260
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
29.7%#211 of 320
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+18.5%#44 of 133
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 2024-25
Enrollment
276
+32 (+13%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2527623.611.7:130% (82)
2023-242141811.9:126% (56)
2022-2323318.612.5:124% (56)
2020-212442012.2:127% (66)
2017-1823318.512.6:118% (42)
2015-162321812.9:130% (70)
2010-112291912.1:128% (63)
2000-012762113.1:118% (49)
1990-912632211.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 18% (233 to 276); teachers up 27% (18.5 to 23.6).

About Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School

At 16331 Tyler St in Liberty Center, Iowa, Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School operates as a small high school. Total enrollment is 276 students, and the grades served are 5 through 12. That is 41% below the average of about 468 students for high schools in Iowa.

The 3 schools of Southeast Warren Comm School District, including Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School, enroll 533 students.

White students are 94% of those enrolled at Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School. Next come 4% Hispanic. That is in line with Warren County, where about 93% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. The school has 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 11.7:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for high schools in Iowa. Federal data show 30% of students (82) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Among Iowa public high schools, Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.

The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 78.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 77.1%.

In Warren County, home to about 54,409 people, the median household earns about $94,588 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Warren County number 20, with about 10,473 students.

Southeast Warren Intermediate, about 5.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number 2. Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

Under the NCES locale system, Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School is Rural: Distant.

Enrollment increased 13% over 4 years, reaching 276 in 2024-25.

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Warren County at a glance

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Population
54,409
Census ACS
Median income
$94,588
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
10,473 students

Quick facts

School name
Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School
District
Southeast Warren Comm School District
Address
16331 Tyler St, Liberty Center, IA 50145
Phone
(641) 466-3331
County
Warren County
Level
High
Grade range
05–12
Total enrollment
276
Teachers (FTE)
24
Student–teacher ratio
11.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
82 (30%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
192685001576
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School
How large is Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School?
Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 276 students in grades 05-12.
What age range does Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School serve?
Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School serves students from grade 05 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School is approximately 11.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School?
At Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School public or private?
Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Southeast Warren Comm School District.
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