High Schools in Grinnell-Newburg Community School District

The Grinnell-Newburg Community School District is home to a single high school, Grinnell Community Senior High School, which has consistently demonstrated academic excellence and high performance. The school is ranked 39th out of 338 Iowa high schools for the 2023-2024 school year, placing it in the top 12% of high schools in the state, and has maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past three school years.

Grinnell Community Senior High School outperforms the state average in ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) test scores across all grade levels and subject areas, including English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's 10th-grade students achieved 86.8% proficiency in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 73.8%, and 81% proficiency in Mathematics, compared to the state average of 66%. The school's 10th-grade Science proficiency rate was also significantly higher than the state average, at 81.1% versus 59.5%.

The school district's spending per student is above the state average, at $14,271 per student, and the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.8, indicating a commitment to providing adequate resources and support for the school's educational programs. While the school has a predominantly white student population, with 90.02% of students identifying as White, and a relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 29.94%, these demographic factors do not diminish the school's impressive academic achievements.