Enrollment
273
High
DISTRICT 106 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPSIE VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192976001700
Wapsie Valley High School
RR 2 2535 Viking Ave, Fairbank, IA 50629 · (319) 638-6711 · Bremer County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Iowa public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
12.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
47 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 7 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 57 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 15% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Based on grade levels within Wapsie Valley Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
66.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -4.0pp 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 66 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 are down about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.4% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 70.6% | 70.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 83% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wapsie Valley High School
Wapsie Valley High School's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapsie Valley High School this school | 273 | 17.2% | 67.7% |
| Lisbon Secondary School Lisbon | 301 | 17.9% | 80.2% |
| Jesup High School Jesup | 269 | 17.8% | 80.8% |
| Roland-Story High School Story City | 317 | 18.0% | 85.2% |
| Madrid High School Madrid | 195 | 18.5% | 80.0% |
| Aplington-Parkersburg High School Parkersburg | 247 | 20.2% | 85.1% |
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 Wapsie Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Bremer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #217 of 313 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #212 of 314 ▼ 56 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #228 of 314 ▲ 12 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #195 of 340 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #41 of 259 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #230 of 260 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #299 of 320 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #115 of 125 | N/A |
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
273
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 246
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 273 | 22.8 | 12.0:1 | 17% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 22 | 13.3:1 | 20% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 22.1 | 13.7:1 | 18% (55) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 21% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 19.7 | 14.1:1 | 14% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | 21 | 13.3:1 | 19% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 296 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 17% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 226 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 12% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 246 | 17 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wapsie Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (278 to 273); teachers up 16% (19.7 to 22.8).
About Wapsie Valley High School
Students in Fairbank, Iowa, attend Wapsie Valley High School, a small high school. It teaches 273 students in grades 7 through 12. High schools in Iowa have about 468 students on average; enrollment here is 42% lower.
Wapsie Valley High School is run by Wapsie Valley Comm School District, whose 6 schools enroll 637 students.
The share of White students at Wapsie Valley High School is 94%. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Bremer County overall, the White share is about 93%. The diversity index for Wapsie Valley High School is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Wapsie Valley High School comes to 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.0:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Iowa is 17.3:1. Wapsie Valley High School counts 17% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public high schools, Wapsie Valley High School outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 83.3% for Wapsie Valley High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 67.7%. The 15.6-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
In Bremer County, home to about 25,204 people, median household income comes to about $86,784, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Bremer County's 20 public schools enroll about 5,346 students and include Wapsie Valley High School.
Readlyn Elementary School is about 4.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within ten miles of Wapsie Valley High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Wapsie Valley High School places 5th out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 273 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 297. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.8:1 in 2020-21 to 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Wapsie Valley High School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bremer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,204
Census ACS
Median income
$86,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wapsie Valley Comm School District
- Fairbank Elementary SchoolElementary · 187 students
- Readlyn Elementary SchoolElementary · 107 students
- Rural Elementary School #1Elementary · 29 students
- Rural Elementary School #2Elementary · 24 students
- Rural Elementary School #4Elementary · 17 students
- Rural Elementary School #3Combined
Other schools in Fairbank
- Fairbank Elementary SchoolElementary · 187 students
- Triumph Elementary SchoolElementary · 42 students
- Rural Elementary School #1Elementary · 29 students
- Rural Elementary School #2Elementary · 24 students
- Rural Elementary School #4Elementary · 17 students
Nearby schools
- Readlyn Elementary School4.6 mi · 107
- Fairbank Elementary School5.5 mi · 187
- Rural Elementary School #47.5 mi · 17
- Dunkerton Elementary7.9 mi · 215
- Dunkerton High School7.9 mi · 200
- Rural Elementary School #18.7 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About Wapsie Valley High SchoolHow many students attend Wapsie Valley High School?
Wapsie Valley High School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Wapsie Valley High School serve?
Wapsie Valley High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Wapsie Valley High School have?
Wapsie Valley High School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wapsie Valley High School?
At Wapsie Valley High School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is Wapsie Valley High School in?
Wapsie Valley High School is part of Wapsie Valley Comm School District.
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