Independence Junior Senior High School
Independence, IA · High School · Grades 7-12
Independence Junior Senior High School is a high school in Independence, IA with 701 students enrolled and a 64% proficiency rate. Part of Independence Comm School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Independence Junior Senior High School is a high school located in Independence, Iowa. The school serves 701 students in grades 7-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 64% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 85% graduation rate.
32% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Independence Junior Senior High School is part of the Independence Comm School District in Iowa.
How This School Compares
Independence Junior Senior High School has 701 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Independence Comm School District (355 students). Its 64% proficiency rate is 9 percentage points above the district average of 55%. Compared to the Iowa state average of 53%, the school performs 11 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
Independence Junior Senior High School has 701 students enrolled in grades 7-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 64% of students at Independence Junior Senior High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Independence Junior Senior High School has a 85% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Independence Junior Senior High School is part of the Independence Comm School District in Independence, 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.
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.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.