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Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School

Serves grades 7 - 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
205 2nd Ave Nw
Pocahontas, IA 50574
Phone
(712) 335-4848
District
POCAHONTAS AREA COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
POCAHONTAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
386
Classroom Teachers
29

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

4

(10 is best)

Better than 36.2% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Pocahontas Area Middle/ High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
64%
68%
67%
72%
61%
64%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
69%
71%
66%
75%
73%
66%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 9

80 60 40 20 0
67%
65%
69%
72%
64%
59%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
63%
67%
67%
72%
58%
62%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
62%
64%
60%
69%
63%
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
13
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 7 53 13.7%
Grade 8 70 18.1%
Grade 9 62 16.1%
Grade 10 70 18.1%
Grade 11 66 17.1%
Grade 12 65 16.8%
Total 386 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 90.9% 91.7% 76.7%
Black 1.1% 0.9% 7.1%
Hispanic 7.8% 7.2% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.1% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 49.0% 47.8% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 47.4% 45.8% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.6% 2.0% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,748 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 18.1 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.8% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.0% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.1% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 26.2% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,106 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 6.2% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.1% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.8% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.0% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.3% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.4% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.4% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.2% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.1% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 8.5% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,981 $6,035,232 49.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $339 $227,808 1.9%
Staff $311 $208,992 1.7%
General Administration $506 $340,032 2.8%
School Administration $591 $397,152 3.3%
Operation $1,588 $1,067,136 8.8%
Transportation $711 $477,792 3.9%
Other $211 $141,792 1.2%
Total Support $4,257 $2,860,704 23.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,784 $3,214,848 26.5%
Total Expenditures $18,022 $12,110,784 100.0%
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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