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Grundy Center High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1006 M Ave
Grundy Center, IA 50638
Phone
(319) 825-5449
District
Grundy Center Comm School District
County
GRUNDY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
235
Classroom Teachers
20

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.3% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Grundy Center High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
66%
93%
70%
87%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
93%
70%
95%
73%
91%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
86%
68%
85%
68%
87%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 65 27.7%
Grade 10 61 26.0%
Grade 11 61 26.0%
Grade 12 48 20.4%
Total 235 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.0% 96.0% 75.9%
Black 0.9% 0.9% 7.3%
Hispanic 1.3% 1.7% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.3% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.8% 1.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 28.5% 28.3% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 26.4% 24.0% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.1% 4.3% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 3,727 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 33.0 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.0% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.4% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.4% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 19.0% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,479 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 7.6% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.8% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.7% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.0% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.3% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 24.1% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.2% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.1% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.2% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 6.1% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,034 $5,437,000 61.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $362 $280,000 3.2%
Staff $568 $439,000 5.0%
General Administration $146 $113,000 1.3%
School Administration $754 $583,000 6.6%
Operation $877 $678,000 7.7%
Transportation $435 $336,000 3.8%
Other $34 $26,000 0.3%
Total Support $3,176 $2,455,000 27.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,246 $963,000 10.9%
Total Expenditures $11,455 $8,855,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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