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Best High Schools in Zip Code 50049

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School

372

Students

Top rankedChariton High School229^th of 340 Iowa high schools

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Summary:

The 50049 zip code is home to a single public high school, Chariton High School, which serves grades 9-12 and has a total enrollment of 375 students. Chariton High School is part of the Chariton Community School District, which is ranked 237 out of 313 districts in Iowa and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Chariton High School's performance has been relatively stable in recent years, with a consistent 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's four-year graduation rate is slightly above the state average at 88.3%, but its chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% is higher than the state average. Academically, Chariton High School's proficiency rates on the ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) vary across grade levels and subject areas, but generally fall within a few percentage points of the district and state averages.

The school has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 51.73%, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $15,840, which is higher than the state average. The student-teacher ratio at Chariton High School is 13.5, which is slightly lower than the state average.

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 9th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 10th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 11th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Chariton High School	Public	9-12	501 N Grand	Chariton	50049	Lucas County	Chariton Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 774-5066	372	28	13.0	55.1%	337 (90.6%)	2 (0.5%)	26 (7.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	42.3	229^th of 340 public high schools	32.6%		49.1	200^th of 338 public high schools	40.8%	29	62.2	78.5	65.5	56.7	68.4	67.9	72.2	$15,840	$216	$15,624

Cities Near Zip Code 50049

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Chariton	0.2 mi	4	311^th
Melcher	14.5 mi	1	403^rd
Humeston	15 mi	2	382^nd
Dallas	15.45 mi	1	353^rd
Liberty Center	16.13 mi	1	160^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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