High Schools in Melcher-Dallas Community School District

Summary:

Melcher-Dallas Community School District in Iowa contains a single high school, Melcher-Dallas High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school has faced challenges in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 235 out of 338 high schools in 2023-2024 to 290 out of 340 high schools in 2024-2025, indicating a decline in performance relative to other schools in the state.

Melcher-Dallas High School's academic performance is a concern, with test scores consistently below the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6%, which is significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, 30.34% of the school's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Despite the school's lower academic performance, its per-student spending of $17,935 in the 2018-2019 school year was higher than the state average. The school's student-teacher ratio of 11.6 in 2023-2024 was lower than the state average, suggesting that the district may need to evaluate the effectiveness of its resource allocation and explore ways to improve the return on investment for its students.

District Detail

214 S Main
Melcher Dallas, IA 50163

(641) 947-3731

SchoolDigger Rank:
295^th of 313 Iowa districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 308

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISASP English Language Arts (2025)					ISASP Mathematics (2025)					ISASP Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISASP English Language Arts 7th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 9th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 10th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 11th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Melcher-Dallas High School	Public	7-12	214 S Main	Melcher	50163	Marion County	Melcher-Dallas Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 947-3731	151	14	10.4	30.5%	146 (96.7%)	4 (2.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23.4	290^th of 340 public high schools	14.7%		41.3	235^th of 338 public high schools	30.5%	55	61.1	73.7	87.5	60.9	62.5	55.6	57.9	45.8	47.8	43.8	52.6	47.8	$17,935	$366	$17,567

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Knoxville Community School District	8.34 mi	5	256^th
Pleasantville Community School District	10.75 mi	3	208^th
Southeast Warren Community School District	11.47 mi	2	106^th
Chariton Community School District	14.76 mi	4	237^th
Twin Cedars Community School District	16.16 mi	2	240^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Iowa Department of Education.

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