Summary:
The Marshalltown Community School District in Iowa is home to two high schools: Marshalltown High School and Marshalltown Virtual Academy. Both schools are performing significantly below the state averages in academic proficiency, particularly in mathematics, and have relatively low statewide rankings compared to other Iowa high schools.
Marshalltown High School ranked 300th out of 340 Iowa high schools in 2024-2025, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, while Marshalltown Virtual Academy ranked 333rd with a 0-star rating. Both schools had a 88.3% four-year graduation rate in 2023-2024, but they also had high chronic absenteeism rates of 21.6%. The district's spending per student at Marshalltown High School was $14,964 in 2018-2019, and the student-teacher ratio was 15.9 in 2023-2024, while Marshalltown Virtual Academy had a much higher student-teacher ratio of 35.7.
The high rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at both schools, 71.85% at Marshalltown High School and 75.64% at Marshalltown Virtual Academy, suggest that the Marshalltown Community School District serves a predominantly low-income population, which may contribute to the overall academic challenges. The lack of any high-performing schools in the district is concerning and indicates a need for significant improvements across the board to provide quality education to all students.
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