📍 907 Gateway Drive, Ottumwa, Wapello County, 52501
The Gateway Center is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Ottumwa, Wapello County. The school has 187 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ottumwa Comm School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 3.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 52.1:1.
The Gateway Center enrolls 187 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 3.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 52.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 22% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 76 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 53 | 28% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 42 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 5.9% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 2 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
113 of the school's 187 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 107 qualify for free lunch and 6 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.
The Gateway Center is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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.
The Gateway Center is one of 11 schools in Ottumwa Comm School District, based in Ottumwa, Iowa. The district serves 5,024 students district-wide and employs 317 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 187 students, The Gateway Center is smaller than the district average of about 457 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote