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Scavo Alternative High School

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Public Grades
282
Students ?
13.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
92.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1800 Grand Ave
       Des Moines, IA  50309

(515) 242-7589

District: Des Moines Independent Community School District

Racial breakdown:

White:
38.3%
African American:
27.0%
Hispanic:
23.8%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2012 → <1st in 2019
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Iowa average (8% vs 70% meeting standards)
!Mathematics scores 63 pts below the Iowa average
Students meeting standards (2018-2019) ?
This school8%
District avg46%
Iowa avg70%
Not ranked this year
Scavo Alternative High School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
306th of 313Des Moines Independent Community School District among Iowa districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIowa percentileRating
20190.0326 of 3270.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20180.0318 of 3200.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20170.2318 of 3252.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20160.1318 of 3200.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20150.0323 of 3240.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20140.0320 of 3220.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20131.3343 of 3512.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20120.0348 of 3510.9%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Iowa (2018-2019) ?
English Language Arts12%-61 vs state
Mathematics4%-63 vs state

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Students at Scavo Alternative High School are 38% White, 27% African American, 24% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 1% American Indian, 1% Asian.

In the 2019-20 school year, 282 students attended Scavo Alternative High School.


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