High Schools in Mormon Trail Community School District

Summary:

The Mormon Trail Community School District in Iowa has only one high school, Mormon Trail Junior-Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Iowa high schools, with a ranking of 314 out of 340 in the 2024-2025 school year.

Academically, the school's performance on the ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) tests is mixed compared to state averages. While 8th-grade students perform above the state average in English Language Arts (ELA), the school's proficiency rates are below the state average in most other grades and subjects, particularly in mathematics. The school's 10th-grade science proficiency rates are also below the state average, though 8th-grade science scores are above the state average.

The school faces some socioeconomic challenges, with a high percentage of students (57.55%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, and a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% for the 2023-2024 school year. Despite these challenges, the school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $15,600, which is higher than the state average, and the student-teacher ratio for the 2023-2024 school year is 18.1, slightly higher than the recommended ratio of 15-18 students per teacher. To improve the school's outcomes, a comprehensive approach that addresses both academic and non-academic barriers to student success may be necessary.

District Detail

403 S Front St
Humeston, IA 50123

(641) 877-2521

SchoolDigger Rank:
291^st of 313 Iowa districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 230

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

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	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
Mormon Trail Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	403 S Front St	Humeston	50123	Wayne County	Mormon Trail Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 877-2521	98	6	15.7	59.2%	92 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.1%)	9.6	314^th of 340 public high schools	7.6%					(n/a)	71.4	88.9	62.5	52.4	60.0	57.1	66.7	52.9	38.1	50.0	72.2	19.0	$15,600	$338	$15,263

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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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