News : U.S. News and World Report on National School Rankings for area Districts

The U.S. News and World Report has released the National High School Rankings. Below is a side-by-side comparison of the information available for the three high schools that affect Benton County residents, Vinton-Shellsburg, Center Point-Urbana, and Benton Community.

(Blue font indicates a hyperlink to explain the category.)

Iowa Assessments Scores Relative to U.S. News Expectations

Vinton-Shellsburg - Well Above Expectations

Center Point Urbana - Around Expectations

Benton Community - Somewhat Below Expectations

Overall Scorecard

Vinton-Shellsburg             58.47

Center Point Urbana         41.81

Benton Community     less than 25

Iowa State Assessment: Percentile Score

Vinton-Shellsburg       88.4%

Center Point Urbana   86.1%

Benton Community     51.6%

Iowa administered the Iowa Assessments to high school students. These figures display how well the school as a whole performed in reading, mathematics, and science. For this school, assessment data from 2021 were compared statewide against other data from this year.

Mathematics Proficiency

Vinton-Shellsburg     72% School and District, State 60%

Center Point Urbana 76% School and District, State 60%

Benton Community   64% School and District, State 60%

Science Proficiency 

Vinton-Shellsburg     83% School and District, 60% State

Center Point Urbana 70% School and District, 60% State

Benton Community   69% School and District, 60% State

Reading Proficiency

Vinton-Shellsburg    80% School, District, State

Center Point Urbana 83% School and District, 80% State

Benton Community  79% School and District, 89% State

All Rankings:

Ranking Factors

How the schools performed nationally and statewide out of 17,680 nationally ranked schools and 317 schools ranked in Iowa.

Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare students for college.

(Read more about how we rank the Best High Schools.)

Proficiency Rank      National      State

Vinton-Shellsburg      #2,403        #44

Center Point Urbana   #2,454       #45

Benton Community       NA           NA

                                   National Rankings     State of Iowa Ranking

Vinton-Shellsburg               #7,343                               77th

Center Point Urbana         #10,288                              131st

Benton Community      #13,261-17,680                 212th - 317th

State Assessment Performance Rank        National      State

Vinton-Shellsburg                                       #1,224 (tie)     #24

Center Point Urbana                                      #10,273       #182

Benton Community                                           NA             NA

               Ranking: In Cedar Rapids Metro Area High Schools

Vinton-Shellsburg                                       #5

Center Point Urbana                                  #10

Benton Community                               #16 - #19

Overall Student Performance

This measures overall student performance on state-required tests. Below is the Percentile Score on Iowa Assessments.

Vinton-Shellsburg      86.4%

Center Point Urbana  86.1%

Benton Community    51.6%

Undeserved Student Performance

This measures the proficiency on state exams among typically underperforming subgroups.

...Who Are Proficient

Vinton-Shellsburg     59.3%

Center Point Urbana 61.3%

Benton Community   57.9%

Non-Underserved Students Who Are Proficient

Vinton-Shellsburg     87.1%

Center Point Urbana 79.6% 

Benton Community  75.2%

Gap Between School and State Among Underserved Students

Vinton-Shellsburg      9%

Center Point-Urbana 11.1%

Benton Community    7.7%

School Data

     Graduation            Rate    National Ranking    State Ranking

Vinton-Shellsburg      88%          #12,540                   #269 (tie)  

Center Point Urbana  95%         #6,401(tie)                #154 (tie)

Benton Community    93%            NA                            NA

         Vinton-Shellsburg   Center Point-Urbana   Center Poiint-Urbana

Grades:   9-12                                9-12                                  9-12

Setting: Fringe Rural              Distant Rural                    Distant Rural

Eligible for Title Funding:

                 Yes                                 Yes                                    Yes

Free Lunch Program (% of total)

               25%                                  9%                                    23%

Reduced-Price Lunch Program (% of total)

               5%                                     0%                                    6%

Student Teacher Ratio and Students/Teachers at the High School

These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government.

Vinton-Shellsburg :   15:1     Full-Time Equivalent Teachers 31

Center Point Urbana 16:1     Full-Time Equivalent Teachers 30

Benton Community   19:1     Full-Time Equivalent Teachers 27

Total Enrollment

Vinton-Shellsburg     450

Center Point Urbana 478

Benton Community   498

Student Diversity

Vinton-Shellsburg      Center Point-Urbana      Benton Community  

Minority Enrollment  

     7.3%                                   7.1%                                 6.8% 

White

    92.7%                                 92.9%                                93.2%

Hispanic

     2.4%                                   3.1%                                  3.4%

Two or more Races

     2.4%                                    2.3%                                 2.2%

Black

     1.6%                                    1.3%                                  .6%

American Indian/Alaska Native

      .4%                                       0                                       .2%

Asian

      .4%                                      .4%                                    .4% 

Female 

      52%                                     49%                                   44%

Male

      48%                                      51%                                   56%   

Economically Disadvantaged

Vinton-Shellsburg    30%

Center Point Urbana  9% 

Benton Community   29%