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How Dallas Center-Grimes High School compares
64% vs. 66% district avg
1 points below Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District
64% vs. 53% Iowa avg
11 points above state average
978
Enrollment
17.5:1
Student:Teacher
64%
Proficiency Rate
77%
Graduation Rate
18%
Free/Reduced Lunch

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About This School

Dallas Center-Grimes High School is a high school located in Grimes, Iowa. The school serves 978 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.5:1.

According to EDFacts assessment data, 64% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 77% graduation rate.

18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Dallas Center-Grimes High School is part of the Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District in Iowa.

How This School Compares

Dallas Center-Grimes High School has 978 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District (535 students). Its 64% proficiency rate is 1 percentage points below the district average of 66%. Compared to the Iowa state average of 53%, the school performs 11 points higher.

Frequently Asked Questions

Dallas Center-Grimes High School has 978 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.5:1.

According to EDFacts data, 64% of students at Dallas Center-Grimes High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.

Dallas Center-Grimes High School has a 77% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.

Dallas Center-Grimes High School is part of the Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District in Grimes, Iowa. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.

All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

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School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.

The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.