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West Branch 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
900 W Main
West Branch, IA 52358
Phone
(319) 643-7216
District
WEST BRANCH COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
CEDAR COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
235
Classroom Teachers
21

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.6% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

West Branch High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

100 80 60 40 20 0
74%
65%
85%
72%
63%
59%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
79%
67%
84%
72%
73%
62%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
64%
80%
69%
76%
60%
    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
11
13
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 61 26.0%
Grade 10 54 23.0%
Grade 11 57 24.3%
Grade 12 63 26.8%
Total 235 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.9% 91.6% 76.7%
Black 0.9% 1.0% 7.1%
Hispanic 4.9% 6.9% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.1% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 0.4% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 19.6% 23.1% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 17.4% 20.0% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.1% 3.1% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,673 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 36.8 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.9% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.2% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.3% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 15.0% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,857 1,278,865
Single Parent Households With Children 4.2% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.7% 92.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.1% 29.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.7% 12.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.2% 17.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.0% 14.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 26.6% 18.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.7% 17.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.3% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 2.6% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,936 $5,701,392 45.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $401 $329,622 2.6%
Staff $657 $540,054 4.3%
General Administration $481 $395,382 3.2%
School Administration $686 $563,892 4.5%
Operation $1,089 $895,158 7.2%
Transportation $432 $355,104 2.8%
Other $258 $212,076 1.7%
Total Support $4,004 $3,291,288 26.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,221 $3,469,662 27.8%
Total Expenditures $15,161 $12,462,342 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,254 $3,706,502,521 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $439 $224,329,756 3.0%
Staff $576 $294,221,316 3.9%
General Administration $292 $149,044,777 2.0%
School Administration $659 $336,761,023 4.5%
Operation $1,023 $522,686,702 7.0%
Transportation $419 $214,147,817 2.9%
Other $319 $162,947,541 2.2%
Total Support $3,727 $1,904,099,046 25.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,668 $1,874,193,187 25.0%
Total Expenditures $14,649 $7,484,864,234 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%