High · Iowa

South Hamilton Middle And High School

South Hamilton Middle And High School, a public high school in Jewell, Iowa: grades 7–12, 300 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of South Hamilton Comm School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
300
Teachers (FTE)
23.1
Students per teacher
13.0
Grades
7–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 60% of high schools in Iowa

Median 13.9 · 346 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 60% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 50% of high schools in Iowa

Median 295 · 351 schools compared

Smaller than 60% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Iowa's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Iowa: 73%

85%proficient

−2.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 76% of high schools in Iowa

Median 79% · 119 high schools compared

94 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3

Math

Iowa: 73%

79%proficient

−3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 63% of high schools in Iowa

Median 75% · 119 high schools compared

94 students tested, grades 3–8 · ISASP; proficient means Levels 2-3

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with South Hamilton Comm School District.

Location

Address
315 Division St, Jewell, IA 50130
Phone
(515)827-5418
City or town
Jewell Junction

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
9–1231715.2
9–1250915.2
9–1250516.5
9–121,44017.6
9–1270413.9
9–1249815.6

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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