Summary:
The Norwalk Community School District in Iowa is home to one high school, Norwalk Senior High School, which serves grades 9-12. This school has consistently demonstrated strong academic performance, ranking in the top quarter of Iowa high schools and earning a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Norwalk Senior High School boasts an impressive 88.3% four-year graduation rate, which exceeds the state average. Its students also outperform their peers statewide in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science proficiency, with 82.8%, 80.1%, and 72.3% of 10th-grade students meeting or exceeding standards, respectively, compared to state averages of 74.7%, 68%, and 66.8%. The school's student-teacher ratio of 16.6 is slightly lower than the state average, and its per-student spending of $17,567 suggests a commitment to providing a quality education.
While the school's academic achievements are commendable, its chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% is higher than the state's goal of 10% or less, which may be an area for the district to address. Additionally, the school's relatively low free/reduced lunch rate of 18.45% suggests a student population that is less economically diverse than the state as a whole, though this does not necessarily correlate with the school's strong performance.
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