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Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

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
1405 4th Ave Sw
Waverly, IA 50677
Phone
(319) 352-2087
District
Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District
County
BREMER COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
771
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

10

(10 is best)

Better than 95.0% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Better than 84.7% of all U.S. schools.


Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

100 80 60 40 20 0
85%
66%
84%
70%
86%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
83%
70%
82%
73%
83%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
85%
68%
82%
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
16
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 202 26.2%
Grade 10 198 25.7%
Grade 11 174 22.6%
Grade 12 197 25.6%
Total 771 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.4% 92.8% 75.9%
Black 1.6% 1.7% 7.3%
Hispanic 5.1% 4.3% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 1.0% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 19.7% 23.1% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 16.5% 19.4% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.2% 3.7% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 14,397 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 87.4 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.3% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.2% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.5% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.3% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 19.8% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,322 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 7.1% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.8% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.7% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.4% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.2% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 19.9% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.5% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.3% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.2% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 5.5% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,753 $18,560,000 64.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $357 $854,000 3.0%
Staff $679 $1,625,000 5.6%
General Administration $220 $526,000 1.8%
School Administration $497 $1,189,000 4.1%
Operation $870 $2,082,000 7.2%
Transportation $289 $692,000 2.4%
Other $200 $478,000 1.7%
Total Support $3,110 $7,446,000 25.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,165 $2,790,000 9.7%
Total Expenditures $12,028 $28,796,000 100.0%
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%