Woodward Academy

In Woodward, Iowa, Woodward Academy is a very small high school. The school teaches grades 5 through 12 and enrolls 110 students. That is 76% below the average of about 468 students for high schools in Iowa.

Woodward Academy falls under Woodward-Granger Comm School District, which has 5 schools enrolling 1,230 students.

The share of White students at Woodward Academy is 53%, a majority. It is also 27% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Boone County is roughly 94% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.

Woodward Academy reported 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 8.8:1. High schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 17.3:1. Roughly 3% of students at Woodward Academy can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Boone County.

Boone County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,531, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boone County's 15 public schools enroll about 3,735 students and include Woodward Academy.

Measured in a straight line, Woodward-Granger Middle School is about 1.2 miles from Woodward Academy. The five-mile area around Woodward Academy holds 4 other public schools.

Woodward Academy falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 17%, from 133 to 110. Students per teacher increased from 7.0 in 2020-21 to 8.8 in 2024-25.

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