Sidney High School

Sidney High School, a low-enrollment senior high in Sidney, Iowa, run under Sidney Comm School District, educates 196 students, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts it 58% smaller than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Sidney Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 438 students. Sidney High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Sidney High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Fremont County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sidney High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.0%, the actual is 75.6%, a residual of +7.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fremont County put median household earnings sit near $71,621, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sidney High School is one of 8 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 1,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sidney Virtual SAC School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Sidney High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sidney High School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 68.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Sidney High School's enrollment has edged down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 258 (now 196). Class-load math has tightened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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