West Hancock High School

West Hancock High School operates as an one-room-style senior high in Britt, Iowa, part of West Hancock Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 161 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so West Hancock High School sits 66% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in West Hancock Comm School District (629 students total), West Hancock High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Hancock High School lists that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Hancock County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, West Hancock High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.6%, the actual is 80.0%, a residual of +1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Hancock County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,601 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Hancock County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,560 students), West Hancock High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Hancock Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Hancock High School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 81.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Hancock High School has changed only slightly, going from 165 students in 2018 to 161 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 76% over that span.

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