📍 2001 Casselman, Sioux City, Woodbury County, 51103
West High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Sioux City, Woodbury County. The school has 1,252 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rebecca Rieken. It is part of the Sioux City Comm School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 83.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 58% of students are proficient in reading. 44% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 85%. The school offers 9 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West High School enrolls 1,252 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 83.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 42% Hispanic or Latino, 36% White and 6.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 532 | 42% |
| White | 453 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 87 | 6.9% |
| Two or more races | 74 | 5.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 52 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 33 | 2.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 21 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
952 of the school's 1,252 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 825 qualify for free lunch and 127 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.
West High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-40, state senate district 7, state house district 14.
West High School is one of 22 schools in Sioux City Comm School District, based in Sioux City, Iowa. The district serves 14,475 students district-wide and employs 971 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,252 students, West High School is larger than the district average of about 658 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe