📍 2555 W 1st St, Grimes, Dallas County, 50111
Dallas Center-Grimes High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Grimes, Dallas County. The school has 978 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Travis Donahue. It is part of the Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 82% of students are proficient in reading. 73% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 96%. The school offers 24 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dallas Center-Grimes High School enrolls 978 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 859 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 47 | 4.8% |
| Black or African American | 35 | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 2% |
| Asian | 17 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
175 of the school's 978 students (18%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 140 qualify for free lunch and 35 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.
Dallas Center-Grimes High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-30, state senate district 10, state house district 19.
Dallas Center-Grimes High School is one of 7 schools in Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District, based in Grimes, Iowa. The district serves 3,760 students district-wide and employs 231 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 978 students, Dallas Center-Grimes High School is larger than the district average of about 537 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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