Ames High School
Exceeds Expectations
#81 of 314 high schools in Iowa
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The grade is the share of students at or above the IA proficiency bar. The projection is what a school with this student body and community would be expected to reach.
Actual vs projected proficiency
Ames High School Exceeds Expectations for its students’ context.
Academics
Proficiency on state assessments by subject against the IA average, then graduation and college coursework.
Academic performance
Math proficiency
English proficiency
Science proficiency
College preparedness
Graduation rate
Graduating in four years.
Enrolled in AP classes
Students in at least one AP course. 8 AP courses offered.
Dual enrollment
Taking college courses during high school.
AP enrollment by subject
AP science
AP computer science
AP math
Gold marks the IA average.
Neighborhood
Safety and economics around the school. Context for families, never part of the grade.
Crime Grade
Overall crime
28.13 incidents per 1,000 residents
Violent crime
3.09 per 1,000 residents
Property crime
15.96 per 1,000 residents
What is Crime Grade?
Crime Grade combines official crime reports from the FBI, state and local law enforcement with models that fill reporting gaps, producing one letter grade for a neighborhood’s overall safety. It appears here so families can see how safe the community around a school is. It never feeds the school’s grade.
Economics and housing
Median household income
IA average $80,609
Median home value
IA average $212,785
Median rent
IA average $989
Unemployment rate
IA average 3.7%
Adults with a high school diploma
Teachers and staff
Teacher and support staff capacity, qualifications and pay.
Staffing
Student to teacher ratio
IA average 14:1
Teachers
Full-time equivalent teachers.
Average teacher salary
All teachers in Ames Comm School District.
Qualifications
Certified teachers
Experienced teachers
Environment and safety
Suspensions, expulsions and reported bullying, as counts for the school year.
Bullying incidents by victim type
Resources and finance
District-level spending, per student and by purpose.
Spending per student
District-level spending per student.
Instruction vs administration
Spent on instruction for every $1 on administration.
Equity and access
Who the school serves: enrollment by reported group.
Race and ethnicity
White
Native American
Asian or Pacific Islander
Black
Latino
Multiracial
Native Hawaiian or Alaskan
Student groups
High schools nearest to Ames High School
Nearby high schools with their actual and projected test scores.
- Actual: 89%
- Projected: 76%
- Distance: 4.4 mi
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- Projected: 74%
- Distance: 9.7 mi
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- Projected: 67%
- Distance: 10.0 mi
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- Projected: 67%
- Distance: 10.5 mi
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- Projected: 73%
- Distance: 15.5 mi
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- Projected: 49%
- Distance: 15.9 mi
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- Projected: 70%
- Distance: 18.1 mi
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- Projected: 61%
- Distance: 19.7 mi
- Actual: 80%
- Projected: 70%
- Distance: 20.0 mi
- Actual: 83%
- Projected: 67%
- Distance: 20.7 mi