Summary:
The 51201 zip code in Iowa is home to a single high school, Sheldon High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. While the school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, it appears to have some areas of strength, such as above-average science proficiency and relatively strong academic achievement for 9th grade students.
Sheldon Community School District, which oversees Sheldon High School, has seen the school's statewide ranking vary between 99th and 136th out of 338-340 Iowa high schools over the past few years. The school's performance rating has also ranged from 3 to 4 out of 5 SchoolDigger stars. However, the school's 4-year graduation rate of 88.3% is slightly above the state average, while its chronic absenteeism rate of 21.6% is on the higher side.
Academically, Sheldon High School's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics for 10th and 11th grade students are generally on par with or slightly below the state averages, but the school's 9th grade students perform above the state averages in these subjects. Additionally, the school's science proficiency rate for 10th grade students is significantly higher than the state average, at 77.4% compared to 66.8%. The school's student-teacher ratio of 12.6 is relatively low, and its per-student spending of $16,589 is higher than the state average, but the school serves a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 38.55%.
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