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Denison 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
819 N 16th St
Denison, IA 51442
Phone
(712) 263-3101
District
Denison Comm School District
County
CRAWFORD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
786
Classroom Teachers
45

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

8

(10 is best)

Better than 71.7% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Denison High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

100 80 60 40 20 0
77%
66%
83%
70%
70%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
79%
70%
83%
73%
74%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
73%
68%
72%
68%
73%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 211 26.8%
Grade 10 208 26.5%
Grade 11 178 22.6%
Grade 12 189 24.0%
Total 786 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 32.7% 28.9% 75.9%
Black 2.7% 3.5% 7.3%
Hispanic 62.4% 64.2% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.9% 3.3% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 58.8% 61.7% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 48.3% 51.2% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.4% 10.6% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 10,496 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 61.1 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.1% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.3% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.9% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,779 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 18.9% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 77.0% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.6% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.1% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.6% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.9% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.9% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.4% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.8% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 10.3% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,233 $16,375,000 57.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $375 $849,000 3.0%
Staff $745 $1,687,000 6.0%
General Administration $152 $343,000 1.2%
School Administration $674 $1,526,000 5.4%
Operation $1,182 $2,675,000 9.5%
Transportation $423 $958,000 3.4%
Other $158 $357,000 1.3%
Total Support $3,708 $8,395,000 29.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,555 $3,521,000 12.4%
Total Expenditures $12,496 $28,291,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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