Glidden-Ralston Jr-Sr High School
Glidden · IA · Glidden-Ralston Comm School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center → Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School → Westside Junior-Senior High School → South Central Calhoun High School → IKM-Manning High School → Audubon Middle-High School → Woodward Academy → ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 90% in 2019 (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Glidden-Ralston Jr-Sr High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyIA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center, Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School, Westside Junior-Senior High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 7% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Iowa
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,531/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 163 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center Coon Rapids |
Public | 12.9 | 123 | +9.8% |
| Paton-Churdan Jr-Sr High School Churdan |
Public | 14.6 | 55 | -6.8% |
| Westside Junior-Senior High School Westside |
Public | 19.2 | 65 | +18.2% |
| South Central Calhoun High School Lake City |
Public | 14.2 | 233 | -4.1% |
| IKM-Manning High School Manning |
Public | 20.1 | 185 | -11.5% |
| Audubon Middle-High School Audubon |
Public | 26.1 | 147 | +5.0% |
| Woodward Academy Woodward |
Public | 43.7 | 100 | -2.0% |
| ExiraElk Horn-Kimballton High School Elk Horn |
Public | 36.7 | 107 | -7.8% |