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Spirit Lake 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
2701 Hill Ave
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Phone
(712) 336-3707
District
Spirit Lake Comm School District
County
DICKINSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
409
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

6

(10 is best)

Better than 57.1% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Spirit Lake High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

80 60 40 20 0
69%
66%
71%
70%
66%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
73%
70%
78%
73%
67%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
75%
68%
76%
68%
74%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 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 91 22.2%
Grade 10 103 25.2%
Grade 11 94 23.0%
Grade 12 121 29.6%
Total 409 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.0% 92.8% 75.9%
Black 1.3% 1.4% 7.3%
Hispanic 3.8% 4.6% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.8% 0.7% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.3% 0.5% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 22.7% 25.5% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 19.6% 22.5% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 3.2% 3.0% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,405 3,200,517
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 93.2 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.5% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.0% 20.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.4% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.6% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 26.5% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,970 1,290,139
Single Parent Households With Children 5.0% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.9% 93.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 36.7% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 13.8% 14.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.6% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 18.8% 14.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.2% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.8% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.1% 11.2%
$15,000 or less 2.7% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,653 $8,676,000 39.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $394 $514,000 2.3%
Staff $646 $842,000 3.8%
General Administration $303 $395,000 1.8%
School Administration $571 $745,000 3.4%
Operation $1,255 $1,636,000 7.4%
Transportation $395 $515,000 2.3%
Other $366 $477,000 2.1%
Total Support $3,929 $5,124,000 23.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $6,449 $8,410,000 37.9%
Total Expenditures $17,032 $22,210,000 100.0%
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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