High Schools in Pocahontas Area Community School District

The Pocahontas Area Community School District in Iowa is home to two high schools: Pocahontas Area Middle/High School and Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center. While the larger Pocahontas Area Middle/High School serves 392 students, the smaller Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center has just 21 students enrolled.

Pocahontas Area Middle/High School generally performs at or slightly below state averages on standardized tests, with its strongest performance in 9th grade English Language Arts. The school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13.6, but a high percentage of students (56.12%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. In contrast, the Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center does not have any available data on its test scores, but has a concerning student-teacher ratio of 52.5, which is significantly higher than the larger high school.

Interestingly, the spending per student is higher at the smaller Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center ($16,843) compared to the larger Pocahontas Area Middle/High School ($15,785), suggesting a need for further investigation into the allocation of resources and the efficiency of spending within the district. Overall, the data provides a mixed picture of the high schools in the Pocahontas Area Community School District, with the larger school performing reasonably well but the smaller school facing potential challenges related to its high student-teacher ratio and resource allocation.