📍 111 Forbes St, Essex, Page County, 51638
Essex Junior-Senior High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Essex, Page County. The school has 97 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Vicki Hume. It is part of the Essex Comm School District school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 8.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. 82% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 75%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Essex Junior-Senior High School enrolls 97 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 8.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 88 | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 7.2% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
47 of the school's 97 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 42 qualify for free lunch and 5 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.
Essex Junior-Senior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 12, state house district 24.
Essex Junior-Senior High School is one of 2 schools in Essex Comm School District, based in Essex, Iowa. The district serves 188 students district-wide and employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 97 students, Essex Junior-Senior High School is close to the district average of about 94 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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