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Grinnell Community Senior 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
1333 Sunset St
Grinnell, IA 50112
Phone
(641) 236-2720
District
Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District
County
POWESHIEK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
471
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

8

(10 is best)

Better than 76.1% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Grinnell Community Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
66%
81%
70%
80%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
75%
70%
76%
73%
73%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
76%
68%
72%
68%
79%
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
14
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 9 129 27.4%
Grade 10 108 22.9%
Grade 11 117 24.8%
Grade 12 117 24.8%
Total 471 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.2% 91.7% 75.9%
Black 1.5% 1.8% 7.3%
Hispanic 4.2% 5.1% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.8% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.6% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 29.9% 32.4% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 25.3% 27.8% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.7% 4.6% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 12,528 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 56.8 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.0% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.6% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.9% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.1% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 20.5% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,975 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 4.1% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.2% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 35.5% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.8% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.9% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.4% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.8% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.4% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.0% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 9.6% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,758 $12,204,000 53.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $373 $587,000 2.6%
Staff $695 $1,093,000 4.8%
General Administration $281 $442,000 1.9%
School Administration $862 $1,356,000 5.9%
Operation $1,465 $2,305,000 10.1%
Transportation $424 $667,000 2.9%
Other $587 $924,000 4.0%
Total Support $4,688 $7,374,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,134 $3,357,000 14.6%
Total Expenditures $14,580 $22,935,000 100.0%
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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