Underwood High School

Underwood High School, a small senior high in Underwood, Iowa, part of Underwood Comm School District, enrolls 247 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 468.

Across the 3 schools in Underwood Comm School District (855 students total), Underwood High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Underwood High School reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Underwood High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pottawattamie County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Underwood High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.2%, the actual is 84.2%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Across the wider county, Pottawattamie County reports that median household income runs about $73,602, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pottawattamie County's 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students), Underwood High School is one campus in the mix.

Underwood Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Underwood High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Underwood High School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 75.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 247 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.