Just came across this with the BEDS count for 24-25
IHSAA | Board Briefs: April 24, 2024
www.iahsaa.org
Out of interest, I did a quick search of the ole Google machine. The below site is interesting to look at and shows historical enrollment data in a graph form...
Ogden High School (Ranked Top 30% for 2024) - Ogden, IA
Ogden High School is ranked within the top 30% of all public schools in Iowa. Serving 214 students in grades 9-12, this school is located in Ogden, IA.www.publicschoolreview.com
Yeah, I was lucky back in the day. But it also meant there were times I would break up with a girl and start going out with her twin sister, lol because there weren't a lot of options.Looks like a tough dating scene at Ogden lol. 59/41 split males to females.
135th (Clarinda) for me to #1 (WDM Valley) for my kids. Although when I was at Clarinda it would have had enough to be in the low 100's.Wow - I went to Ogden which is 197th on the list to my kids going to Waukee which is top 10. It would be really interesting to see a historical line chart for a selected school to see how enrollment has changed over time.
Ogden is an interesting town. Back when I knew it, it had tons of civic pride, a roller skating rink, an indoor pool. The good (or Goode) old boys that set up the public library with a sizable share of Ogden’s telephone company stock did a lot of good for that town.Out of interest, I did a quick search of the ole Google machine. The below site is interesting to look at and shows historical enrollment data in a graph form...
Ogden High School (Ranked Top 30% for 2024) - Ogden, IA
Ogden High School is ranked within the top 30% of all public schools in Iowa. Serving 214 students in grades 9-12, this school is located in Ogden, IA.www.publicschoolreview.com
Yeah, while it had the downfalls of being a small town (basically always 2,000 population), it probably had more benefits than 90% of towns it's size or even slightly bigger. Fun Days festival, big Homecoming, football and wrestling were very competitive and popular, etc.Ogden is an interesting town. Back when I knew it, it had tons of civic pride, a roller skating rink, an indoor pool. The good (or Goode) old boys that set up the public library with a sizable share of Ogden’s telephone company stock did a lot of good for that town.
Anything south and east of Saylorville Lake is Ankeny enrollment. Any home within Polk City is North Polk Schools. When the new homes are built east of the Polk City cemetery, those will be Ankeny CSD. Rural homes SE of the lake and wildlife refuge may have a Polk City address but are within Ankeny boundaries.It’s amazing to me that North Polk is so low. Polk City seems to growing leaps and bounds every couple of years when I have a chance to roll through there. Do some of their new developments go to Ankeny or Johnston?
It’s amazing to me that North Polk is so low. Polk City seems to growing leaps and bounds every couple of years when I have a chance to roll through there. Do some of their new developments go to Ankeny or Johnston?
Going to be interesting in 4 years when the two Waterloo high schools merge. If that merger happened this year they'd only be 30ish kids behind Valley for school size. Lots of people around here seem to think that'll be a solution to all of their athletic woes but in my opinion shoving another 1000 kids into the building won't fix the socioeconomic problems a lot of the urban schools have. They'll end up being a little bigger than DSM Lincoln and last I looked Lincoln isn't exactly an athletics powerhouse.
Going to be interesting in 4 years when the two Waterloo high schools merge. If that merger happened this year they'd only be 30ish kids behind Valley for school size. Lots of people around here seem to think that'll be a solution to all of their athletic woes but in my opinion shoving another 1000 kids into the building won't fix the socioeconomic problems a lot of the urban schools have. They'll end up being a little bigger than DSM Lincoln and last I looked Lincoln isn't exactly an athletics powerhouse.
Is that happening?
In most sports getting into the conference with the DMPS schools ought to help East a great deal. And I thought West was offered a spot in the conference and declined.
If it's about West people thinking they can consistently compete with the CIML teams in most sports for state titles, that's a big stretch.