Enrollment
61
High
DISTRICT 70 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITING COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193162001842
Whiting Senior High School
606 West St, Whiting, IA 51063 · (712) 455-2468 · Monona County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL61 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Iowa public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
4.9:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
35 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 6 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 14 | 23% |
| Grade 9 | 10 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 8 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 8 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 15 | 25% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 Whiting Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
85.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
85.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 79.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Whiting Senior High School
Whiting Senior High School's state test result (82.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiting Senior High School this school | 61 | 57.4% | 82.5% |
| West Central Charter High School Maynard | 97 | 54.6% | 57.8% |
| Westside Junior-Senior High School Westside | 108 | 50.9% | 86.8% |
| Kee High School Lansing | 87 | 47.1% | 79.1% |
| Seymour High School Seymour | 121 | 57.0% | 51.9% |
| Mormon Trail Jr-Sr High School Humeston | 98 | 59.2% | N/A |
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 Whiting Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 61 | #331 of 340 |
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
61
-24 (-28%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 56
Student : Teacher
4.9:1
was 6.5:1
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 | 61 | 12.4 | 4.9:1 | 57% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 66 | 11.4 | 5.8:1 | 58% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 79 | 11.9 | 6.6:1 | 46% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 85 | 13 | 6.5:1 | 56% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 101 | 14.3 | 7.1:1 | 55% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 103 | 14 | 7.4:1 | 65% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 116 | 14 | 8.3:1 | 52% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 135 | 15 | 9.0:1 | 24% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 56 | 12 | 4.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whiting Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (101 to 61); teachers down 13% (14.3 to 12.4).
About Whiting Senior High School
Whiting Senior High School is a very small high school serving families in Whiting, Iowa. Total enrollment is 61 students, and the grades served are 7 through 12. It has 87% fewer students than the average for high schools in Iowa (about 468).
Besides Whiting Senior High School, Whiting Comm School District runs 1 other school. The district enrolls 139 students.
Federal enrollment data show Whiting Senior High School is 75% White. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Native American. The school's White share is 18 points below the 93% share among Monona County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Whiting Senior High School reports a ratio of 4.9 students per teacher, from 12.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Iowa, the average ratio is 17.3:1. Lunch program data show 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Monona County is 47%.
Whiting Senior High School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Iowa public high schools.
Whiting Senior High School beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 19.2 points (82.5% versus 63.3%), a top-10% result in Iowa on BeatsExpectations.
Monona County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $68,377 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Whiting Senior High School shares Monona County with 6 other public schools.
Whiting Elementary School is the nearest public school to Whiting Senior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within ten miles number 6. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Whiting Senior High School ranks 1st on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 28% decline took enrollment from 85 in 2020-21 to 61 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 6.5:1 in 2020-21 to 4.9:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Whiting Senior High School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Monona County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,557
Census ACS
Median income
$68,377
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whiting Comm School District
- Whiting Elementary SchoolElementary · 78 students
Nearby schools
- Whiting Elementary School0.0 mi · 78
- West Monona Elementary7.5 mi · 352
- West Monona High School7.7 mi · 161
- West Monona Middle School7.7 mi · 120
- Westwood Elementary School7.8 mi · 322
- Westwood High School7.8 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Whiting Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Whiting Senior High School?
Whiting Senior High School enrolls approximately 61 students in grades 07-12.
Is Whiting Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whiting Senior High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Whiting Senior High School?
Approximately 4.9:1 students per teacher at Whiting Senior High School.
How diverse is Whiting Senior High School?
Whiting Senior High School reports a student body of 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Whiting Senior High School?
Whiting Senior High School is overseen by Whiting Comm School District in Monona County.
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