Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School

Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School operates as a close-knit secondary school in Winfield, Iowa, run under Winfield-Mt Union Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 198 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 58% below the state mean of about 468.

Across the 2 schools in Winfield-Mt Union Comm School District (380 students total), Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest consists of 8% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Henry County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.4%; this one delivers 62.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Henry County indicate median household income runs about $67,436, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Henry County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,230 students), Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Winfield Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School has edged down 26%, going from 266 students in 2018 to 198 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 3% to 8% across the same window.

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