St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS

Set in Storm Lake, Iowa, St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS is a very small high school, overseen by Storm Lake Comm School District. It serves 50 students across grade 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS sits 89% below that benchmark.

Storm Lake Comm School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,933 students; St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS is among them.

On demographics, St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS reports that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 18% Asian, 10% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the income-and-resources front, Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Buena Vista County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, Buena Vista County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,719, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Buena Vista County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,691 students), of which St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS is one.

Nearest neighbor: Storm Lake High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS.

The school occupies a town-center site. St Lake/IA Cntrl/Buena Vista Early College HS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 59 students in 2018 compared to 50 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 24% to 10% across the same window.

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