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Alta-Aurelia 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
1009 South Main Street
Alta, IA 51002
Phone
(712) 200-1331
District
ALTA-AURELIA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
BUENA VISTA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
208
Classroom Teachers
15

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

7

(10 is best)

Better than 63.7% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Alta-Aurelia High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

100 80 60 40 20 0
79%
65%
80%
72%
78%
59%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
65%
67%
74%
72%
56%
62%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
71%
64%
72%
69%
69%
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
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 54 26.0%
Grade 10 51 24.5%
Grade 11 56 26.9%
Grade 12 47 22.6%
Total 208 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.8% 77.8% 76.7%
Black 1.0% 0.9% 7.1%
Hispanic 12.7% 17.9% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.9% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 2.6% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 33.7% 37.2% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 23.1% 28.1% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.6% 9.1% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,626 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 37.5 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.2% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.7% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.1% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 17.3% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,841 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 11.2% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.9% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.8% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.5% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.6% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.1% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 26.5% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.6% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.9% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 4.7% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,524 $6,154,632 56.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $251 $205,318 1.9%
Staff $491 $401,638 3.7%
General Administration $429 $350,922 3.2%
School Administration $579 $473,622 4.4%
Operation $908 $742,744 6.8%
Transportation $436 $356,648 3.3%
Other $145 $118,610 1.1%
Total Support $3,241 $2,651,138 24.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,516 $2,058,088 18.9%
Total Expenditures $13,281 $10,863,858 100.0%
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%

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