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Enrollment
505
High
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBSTER CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193063001764
Webster City High School
1001 Lynx Avenue, Webster City, IA 50595 · (515) 832-9210 · Hamilton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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
16.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
202 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 | 129 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 127 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 129 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 120 | 24% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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 Webster City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
70.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.5pp 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 71 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.7% | 70.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 64.0% |
% 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
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 Webster City High School
Webster City High School's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster City High School this school | 505 | 40.0% | 65.3% |
| Mount Pleasant High School Mount Pleasant | 545 | 39.1% | 66.1% |
| Washington High School Washington | 452 | 38.3% | 53.1% |
| Washington High School Cherokee | 366 | 39.9% | 74.8% |
| Fairfield High School Fairfield | 442 | 36.9% | 71.2% |
| Mason City High School Mason City | 891 | 41.2% | 58.6% |
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 Webster City High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #245 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #173 of 314 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #235 of 314 ▲ 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #91 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #204 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #65 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #113 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #105 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
505
-81 (-14%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 505 | 30.6 | 16.5:1 | 40% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 32.9 | 16.8:1 | 42% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 34.6 | 15.8:1 | 44% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 43% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 36.2 | 14.4:1 | 47% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 41% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 33% (171) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 15% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 42 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Webster City High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (521 to 505); teachers down 15% (36.2 to 30.6).
About Webster City High School
Webster City High School is a high school with a street address in Webster City, Iowa. In all, 505 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12.
Webster City Comm School District is made up of 5 schools with 1,688 students in all.
At Webster City High School, 71% of students are White. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Hamilton County is about 87% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Webster City High School scores 45%.
For every teacher at Webster City High School, there are about 16.5 students; the school has 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Iowa, 17.3:1, is higher. There are 202 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 40% of enrollment. That is in line with the 42% average for public schools in Hamilton County.
Among Iowa public high schools, Webster City High School outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 71.9% for a school in Iowa with Webster City High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Webster City High School posts 65.3%.
For the population of Hamilton County, the median household earns about $72,432 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Webster City High School shares Hamilton County with 7 other public schools.
Sunset Heights Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3. On average proficiency, Webster City High School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Webster City High School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 14%, from 586 to 505. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 15.0:1 to 16.5:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,886
Census ACS
Median income
$72,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Webster City Comm School District
- Webster City Middle SchoolMiddle · 454 students
- Sunset Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 210 students
- Northeast Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 208 students
Other schools in Webster City
- Webster City Middle SchoolMiddle · 454 students
- Sunset Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 210 students
Nearby schools
- Sunset Heights Elementary School0.5 mi · 311
- Webster City Middle School0.9 mi · 454
- Pleasant View Elementary School1.1 mi · 210
- Northeast Hamilton Elementary School10.3 mi · 208
- Stratford Elementary14.0 mi · 74
- Eagle Grove High School14.2 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Webster City High SchoolHow many students attend Webster City High School?
Webster City High School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades 09-12.
Is Webster City High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Webster City High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Webster City High School have?
Webster City High School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
How diverse is Webster City High School?
Webster City High School reports a student body of 71% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Webster City High School in?
Webster City High School is part of Webster City Comm School District.
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