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How Marshalltown Virtual Academy compares for families

What families should know about Marshalltown Virtual Academy.

  • LocallyIA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: GMG Secondary School, Colo-NESCO Middle/High School, East Marshall Senior High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

67.8%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

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

85%
admit rate
$11,283
in-state tuition/yr · $33,371 out-of-state
1130–1320
SAT 25–75 · ACT 22–28

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.

See the full University of Iowa profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -14.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 90 students:

2025
77
2027
56
2029
41

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
GMG Secondary School
Garwin
Public 12.6 133 -14.2%
Colo-NESCO Middle/High School
Colo
Public 21.1 104 -23.5%
East Marshall Senior High School
Le Grand
Public 6.9 217 -13.9%
BCLUW High School
Conrad
Public 13.3 172 -6.5%
Baxter High School
Baxter
Public 19.1 147 -0.7%
Collins-Maxwell Middle/High School
Maxwell
Public 27.1 103 -15.6%
North Tama High School
Traer
Public 24.9 129 -9.2%
Gladbrook-Reinbeck Jr. High & High School
Reinbeck
Public 25.2 139 -7.3%

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