Van Meter High School

Van Meter High School, a compact four-year high school in Van Meter, Iowa, one of the schools within Van Meter Comm School District, hosts 316 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Van Meter High School sits 32% below that benchmark.

Van Meter Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,146 students. Van Meter High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Van Meter High School reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Dallas County (around 22%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Van Meter High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 87.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 90.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household earnings sit near $102,379, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Van Meter High School is one of 41 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students).

Van Meter Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Van Meter High School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 83.4%.

Van Meter High School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Van Meter High School has grew 26%, going from 251 students in 2018 to 316 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 91% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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