High · Regular · Grades 7 to 12

Independence Junior Senior High School, Independence, IA

Independence Junior Senior High School is a public high school in Independence, part of Independence Comm School District. It enrolled 712 students in 2024-25, with 16.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 712
Teachers (FTE): 44.0
Students per teacher: 16.2
Grades: 7 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.9 higher than the district figure of 14.3. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.2

District14.3

Iowa14.4

United States15.3

School details

Address: 700 20th Ave SW, Independence, IA 50644
Phone: (319)334-7405
District: Independence Comm School District
County: Buchanan County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Distant
NCES school ID: 191458000866

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 172
Reduced-price lunch: 37
Free or reduced-price lunch: 20929.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.