High Schools in Orient-Macksburg Community School District

Summary:

The Orient-Macksburg Community School District in Iowa has only one high school, Orient-Macksburg Senior High School, which serves grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 54 students. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 202 out of 336 Iowa high schools in 2022-2023 to 273 out of 338 in 2023-2024, and a SchoolDigger rating of 1 out of 5 stars for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.

Academically, Orient-Macksburg Senior High School's performance varies across grade levels and subject areas. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 10th-grade students outperformed the state average in English Language Arts but underperformed in Mathematics and Science. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's 10th-grade students had lower proficiency rates than the state average in all three subjects, while the 8th-grade students outperformed the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school's 9th-grade students also had lower proficiency rates than the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics.

Other key metrics for Orient-Macksburg Senior High School include a four-year graduation rate of 88.3% for the 2023-2024 school year, a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6%, and a high percentage of students (59.26%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school district's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $15,650, suggesting that funding and resources may not be the primary driver of the school's performance, and other factors, such as student demographics and school policies, may be more influential.

District Detail

201 South School Street
Orient, IA 50858-0129

(641) 352-4800

SchoolDigger Rank:
288^th of 313 Iowa districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 108

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 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Orient-Macksburg Senior High School	Public	7-12	201 S. School Street	Orient	50858	Adair County	Orient-Macksburg Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 352-4800	50	0	555.5	56.0%	46 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.0%)	30.9	270^th of 340 public high schools	20.6%		28.3	273^rd of 338 public high schools	19.2%	3	80.0	60.0	30.0	$15,650	$175	$15,474

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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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