📍 4045 Ashland Road, Eldon, Wapello County, 52554
Cardinal Junior High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Eldon, Wapello County. The school has 284 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Cindy Green. It is part of the Cardinal Comm School District school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 60% of students are proficient in reading. 54% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cardinal Junior High enrolls 284 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 248 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 4.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
145 of the school's 284 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 121 qualify for free lunch and 24 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cardinal Junior High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 41, state house district 81.
Cardinal Junior High is one of 3 schools in Cardinal Comm School District, based in Eldon, Iowa. The district serves 1,079 students district-wide and employs 79 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 284 students, Cardinal Junior High is smaller than the district average of about 360 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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