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Best High Schools in Zip Code 50327

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At a glance

School

1,722

Students

Top rankedSoutheast Polk High School163^rd of 340 Iowa high schools

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Biggest riser

Southeast Polk High School up 88 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The 50327 zip code is home to a single high school, Southeast Polk High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 163 out of 340 schools in 2024-2025 to 251 out of 338 schools in 2023-2024. While the school has seen some strengths, such as above-average science proficiency, it also faces challenges, including lower mathematics proficiency rates for certain grade levels and a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6%.

Academically, Southeast Polk High School has had mixed results on the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) tests. In 2024-2025, 10th-grade students scored on par with the state average in English Language Arts, while 11th-grade students scored higher than the state average. In mathematics, both 10th and 11th-grade students performed above the state average. However, the school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 88.3%, which is slightly below the state average.

The Southeast Polk Community School District, which encompasses Southeast Polk High School, is ranked 121 out of 313 districts in Iowa and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 18.1 to 1 and spent $14,031 per student in the 2018-2019 school year, which is in line with or slightly above the state average. With 33.48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the school may need to consider the impact of socioeconomic factors on student performance and provide appropriate support and resources.

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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 (2025)	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 English Language Arts 11th 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
Southeast Polk High School	Public	10-12	7945 NE University Ave.	Pleasant Hill	50327	Polk County	Southeast Polk Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 967-6631	1,722	99	17.3	33.4%	1,243 (72.2%)	159 (9.2%)	190 (11.0%)	33 (1.9%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.3%)	88 (5.1%)	58.1	163^rd of 340 public high schools	52.1%		36.2	251^st of 338 public high schools	25.7%	88	74.6	74.4	69.2	70.3	75.6	$14,031	$366	$13,665

Cities Near Zip Code 50327

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pleasant Hill	0.96 mi	3	221^st
Des Moines	1.57 mi	67	393^rd
Altoona	3.35 mi	5	235^th
Carlisle	5.58 mi	3	237^th
Bondurant	7.86 mi	5	192^nd

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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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