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West Sioux 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
1300 Falcon Drive
Hawarden, IA 51023
Phone
(712) 551-1181
District
WEST SIOUX COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
SIOUX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
264
Classroom Teachers
21

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

3

(10 is best)

Better than 21.1% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

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

Grade 9

80 60 40 20 0
58%
65%
61%
72%
54%
59%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
56%
67%
66%
72%
45%
62%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
60%
64%
62%
69%
57%
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
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 71 26.9%
Grade 10 67 25.4%
Grade 11 61 23.1%
Grade 12 65 24.6%
Total 264 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 61.5% 58.8% 76.7%
Black 0.4% 0.5% 7.1%
Hispanic 36.2% 39.1% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.3% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.5% 1.4% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 55.7% 58.4% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 39.0% 42.3% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 16.7% 16.1% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,201 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 27.1 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 9.2% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.2% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.2% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.8% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 14.6% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,498 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 5.8% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.3% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.9% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.2% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.9% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.6% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.0% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.4% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.0% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 8.9% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,380 $7,081,100 55.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $277 $234,065 1.8%
Staff $341 $288,145 2.3%
General Administration $399 $337,155 2.6%
School Administration $611 $516,295 4.0%
Operation $882 $745,290 5.8%
Transportation $409 $345,605 2.7%
Other $167 $141,115 1.1%
Total Support $3,085 $2,606,825 20.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,663 $3,095,235 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,128 $12,783,160 100.0%
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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