District officials: Craig Artist, superintendent General operating budget: $5.5 million Students: 834; Elementary - 406, Junior High - 176,
Senior - 261 Staff: 66 professional, 49 support, 4 admin Cost per pupil: $ 4,370 Graduation rate: 98.4%
School board members: Steve Nash-president, Paul
Hemingway, Jane Hildreth, Richard Paulus, Kent Stuart, Mary
Jensen-secretary, Kathy Prybil-treasurer
The board meets on the second Monday of the month in the
central office, room 120, at the North Hoover Building
Students must be 5 years of age by Sept. 1 before starting
kindergarten
District
enrollment, 838 students; Elementary schools, 391; Junior
high, 181; Senior high, 265
The average class in the district has 14 students
There are 14.3 students for every staff member in the district
To
register for classes, call the appropriate school
The average district student is present in 96 percent of
class days
94.1 percent of students graduate from high school, 5.9
percent drop out
Iowa
Tests of Educational Development scores
Ninth grade: reading, 9.1; expression, 8.6; quantitative
thinking, 8.5
Tenth grade: Do not test.
Eleventh grade: reading, 58; expression, 55; quantitative
thinking, 54
Twelfth grade: Do not test.
Average ACT score: composite, 22; verbal, 21, math,
21; scientific reasoning, 21 Average SAT score: very few take the test, no average
available
Busing/transportation availability and requirements:
All qualified students are bused.
Student enrollment distribution by ethnicity in the following
categories: African American, 0.8 percent; Asian, 0.9
percent; Caucasian, 97.0 percent; Hispanic/Latino, 1.1 percent;
Native American, 0.2 percent Minority teachers: 1.75 percent
Registration fees: Grades K-5, $18; grades 6-8, $22;
grades 9-12, $24; Activity fees for sports; Middle school:
$8 per activity, $24 maximum per student; High school, $15
per activity, $60 maximum per student. Driver education,
$150; Band instrument rental, $30 for first instrument,
$20 for second; There are also fees for various secondary
classes, ranging from $4 to $15 per semester.
