Enrollment
187
High
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPELLO COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192973001692
Wapello Senior High School
501 Buchanan St, Wapello, IA 52653 · (319) 523-3241 · Louisa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL187 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Iowa public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
73 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 45 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 50 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 48 | 26% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 48% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wapello Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
63.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 63.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 56.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Wapello Senior High School
Wapello Senior High School's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapello Senior High School this school | 187 | 39.0% | 63.0% |
| Riceville High School Riceville | 205 | 39.5% | 68.3% |
| West Central Valley High School Stuart | 264 | 40.9% | 67.1% |
| Harris-Lake Park High School Lake Park | 174 | 38.5% | 78.9% |
| Lake Mills Senior High School Lake Mills | 193 | 35.2% | 79.7% |
| South Hardin High School Eldora | 237 | 40.5% | 70.5% |
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 Wapello Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #266 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #241 of 314 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #233 of 314 ▲ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 187 | #278 of 340 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #122 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #22 of 125 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
187
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 238
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 187 | 13 | 14.4:1 | 39% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 179 | 15.2 | 11.8:1 | 40% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 193 | 16.8 | 11.5:1 | 38% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 16 | 11.9:1 | 37% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 17.4 | 13.6:1 | 33% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 228 | 16 | 14.3:1 | 33% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 247 | 22 | 11.2:1 | 48% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 225 | 24 | 9.4:1 | 20% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 238 | 21 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wapello Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (237 to 187); teachers down 26% (17.4 to 13).
About Wapello Senior High School
In Wapello, Iowa, Wapello Senior High School is a very small high school. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 187 students. High schools in Iowa have about 468 students on average; enrollment here is 60% lower.
Wapello Comm School District counts 518 students in its 3 schools, and Wapello Senior High School is one of them.
White students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic and 2% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 27%.
Teacher count: 13 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.4:1. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 39%.
Wapello Senior High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 14% of Iowa public high schools.
Wapello Senior High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (63.0%) and its predicted rate (72.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
The school is in Louisa County, where median household income comes to about $77,354, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Louisa County counts 9 public schools with about 2,165 students.
Wapello Senior High School's closest public school neighbor is Wapello Junior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Wapello Senior High School, there are 2 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Wapello Senior High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (191) and 2024-25 (187). The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.9:1 to 14.4:1 over the same years.
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Louisa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,678
Census ACS
Median income
$77,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,165 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wapello Comm School District
- Wapello Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
- Wapello Junior High SchoolMiddle · 102 students
Other schools in Wapello
- Wapello Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
- Wapello Junior High SchoolMiddle · 102 students
Nearby schools
- Wapello Junior High School0.0 mi · 102
- Wapello Elementary School0.3 mi · 229
- Morning Sun Elementary School6.6 mi · 119
- Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School8.8 mi · 353
- Louisa-Muscatine Elementary8.8 mi · 468
- New Boston Elementary School10.2 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About Wapello Senior High SchoolHow large is Wapello Senior High School?
Wapello Senior High School enrolls approximately 187 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Wapello Senior High School serve?
Wapello Senior High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Wapello Senior High School have?
Wapello Senior High School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Wapello Senior High School?
Student demographics at Wapello Senior High School are roughly 84% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Wapello Senior High School public or private?
Wapello Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wapello Comm School District.
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