Woodbury Central High School

Woodbury Central High School is a high school of low-enrollment scale in Moville, Iowa, one of the schools within Woodbury Central Comm School District, enrolling 190 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 59% below the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Woodbury Central Comm School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 584 students; Woodbury Central High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Woodbury Central High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Woodbury Central High School records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Woodbury County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Woodbury Central High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 79.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.5%.

Around the school, census data for Woodbury County shows median household earnings sit near $73,658, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Woodbury County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students), Woodbury Central High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Moville Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodbury Central High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 82.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Woodbury Central High School's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 195 (now 190). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 3% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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