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Norwalk 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 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
1201 North Ave
Norwalk, IA 50211
Phone
(515) 981-4201
District
NORWALK COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
WARREN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1015
Classroom Teachers
61

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

7

(10 is best)

Better than 62.1% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

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

Grade 9

80 60 40 20 0
70%
65%
77%
72%
63%
59%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
74%
67%
79%
72%
69%
62%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
69%
64%
74%
69%
64%
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
17
16
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 250 24.6%
Grade 10 253 24.9%
Grade 11 277 27.3%
Grade 12 235 23.2%
Total 1015 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 90.0% 90.4% 76.7%
Black 1.6% 1.9% 7.1%
Hispanic 6.3% 6.4% 12.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.9% 1.1% 2.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 20.0% 20.1% 39.6%
Free lunch eligible 16.3% 17.1% 34.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.7% 3.0% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,436 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 358.5 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.8% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.3% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.7% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.1% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 13.1% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,906 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 8.1% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.2% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 39.3% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 24.7% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.8% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 19.8% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.6% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.2% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.7% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 5.1% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,262 $20,257,570 40.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $437 $1,413,695 2.9%
Staff $690 $2,232,150 4.5%
General Administration $356 $1,151,660 2.3%
School Administration $570 $1,843,950 3.7%
Operation $802 $2,594,470 5.2%
Transportation $255 $824,925 1.7%
Other $288 $931,680 1.9%
Total Support $3,400 $10,999,000 22.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,670 $18,342,450 37.0%
Total Expenditures $15,331 $49,595,785 100.0%
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%