Holy Family Catholic Schools is committed to providing a faith-rich environment, dedicated to academic excellence and a culture of service. The Holy Family performance profile provides an at-a-glance view of system-wide performance measures, indicators of college and career readiness and more.
We hold ourselves to a higher standard.
Wahlert Catholic High School has a 100% graduation rate.
Ninety-three percent of Wahlert Catholic High School class of 2024 went on to post-secondary education and specialized training (including military).
Wahlert was recognized on the 2024 AP Honor Roll for its success in delivering results while expanding student access.
Scroll down to browse system-wide data from Holy Family Catholic Schools or select specific areas of interest below:
Enrollment Summary
| Wahlert | 1% | 2% | 4% | – | 91% | 1% | 1% |
| Mazzuchelli | 2% | 4% | 4% | – | 89% | 1% | 1% |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe | 1% | 6% | 15% | – | 78% | – | – |
| Resurrection | 1% | 4% | 1% | <1% | 93% | – | 1% |
| St. Columbkille | – | 2% | 4% | – | 91% | 1% | 1% |
| System | 1% | 3% | 5% | <1% | 89% | 1% | 1% |
K-12 Academic Achievement Indicators
Learn more about our assessment tools:
FAST (Grades K-8)
FAST stands for Formative Assessment System for Teachers. With three testing periods in the school year, FAST provides screening and progress monitoring of current reading and math skills to help identify intervention needs. The assessment is a checkpoint measurement of a student's understanding of concepts taught at a certain point in the year. This chart represents the percentage of students at or above proficiency at the testing checkpoint, systemwide.
Our Lady of Guadalupe K-1 students are not screened for English due to participation in full immersion programming.
| Spring 23-24 | 76% | 80% |
| Spring 22-23 | 83% | 85% |
| Spring 21-22 | 78% | 80% |
| Advanced or Proficient in English Language Arts | Advanced or Proficient in Mathematics | Advanced or Proficient in Science* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | HFCS | State | HFCS | State | HFCS | State |
| 3 | 89% | 64% | 89% | 76% | n/a | n/a |
| 4 | 94% | 72% | 87% | 72% | n/a | n/a |
| 5 | 93% | 69% | 85% | 71% | 83% | 59% |
| 6 | 98% | 75% | 95% | 71% | n/a | n/a |
| 7 | 92% | 77% | 83% | 69% | n/a | n/a |
| 8 | 95% | 77% | 93% | 73% | 92% | 65% |
| 9 | 95% | 73% | 90% | 63% | n/a | n/a |
| 10 | 98% | 73% | 88% | 65% | 91% | 59% |
| 11 | 96% | 70% | 88% | 66% | n/a | n/a |
Predicted Score Ranges:
17 → 18 - 22
18 → 19 - 23
19 → 20 - 24
20 → 21 - 25
21 → 22 - 26
22 → 23 - 27
23 → 24 - 28
24 → 25 - 29
25 → 26 - 30
26 → 27 - 31
27 → 28 - 32
28 → 29 - 33
29 → 30- 34
30 → 31 - 35
31 → 32 - 35
32 + → 36
| English | Reading | Science | Math | Composite | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-24 Fall | 17.4 | 22.1 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 19.9 |
| 22-23 Fall | 17.2 | 21.7 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 19.4 |
| 21-22 Fall | 17.5 | 20.8 | 19.6 | 20.1 | 19.7 |
College and Career Readiness
High School Graduation Rate
Post Secondary Education & Training
College Credits Earned
There are numerous college credit courses consistently offered at Wahlert Catholic High School including AP, PSEO, PICC, and dual-enrollment courses. Additional opportunities are identified with students who express special interests or demonstrate advanced programming needs. Personalized academic plans are designed to meet all students' needs.
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2019 | 7 |
ACT Readiness Benchmarks
The ACT College Readiness Benchmarks are the minimum ACT test scores required for students to have a reasonable chance of success in first-year credit-bearing college courses at the typical college.
The data reported here demonstrate the percentage of Wahlert Catholic students ready for college-level coursework.
| English | Math | Reading | Science | All | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State* | School | State* | School | State* | School | State* | School | State* | |
| 2023 | 79% | 61% | 46% | 37% | 60% | 50% | 44% | 40% | 29% | 26% |
| 2022 | 76% | 65% | 41% | 40% | 54% | 52% | 48% | 43% | 27% | 28% |
| 2021 | 76% | 64% | 50% | 41% | 56% | 52% | 50% | 44% | 36% | 29% |
| 2020 | 88% | 62% | 50% | 40% | 61% | 50% | 52% | 40% | 38% | 26% |
| 2019 | 82% | 67% | 61% | 44% | 68% | 52% | 57% | 44% | 43% | 29% |
| 2024 | 22.0 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 75% | 48% | 37% |
| 2023 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 19.5 | 92% | 48% | 37% |
| 2022 | 22.1 | 21.4 | 19.8 | 91% | 49% | 36% |
| 2021 | 23.1 | 21.5 | 20.3 | 83% | 47% | 39% |
| 2020 | 23.4 | 21.1 | 20.6 | 88% | 68% | 49% |
| 2019 | 23.6 | 21.6 | 20.7 | 92% | 66% | 52% |
| 2018 | 24.3 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 87% | 68% | 55% |
Iowa AP Index
The Iowa AP Index for a given high school is the ratio of AP exams taken by its students (any grade) divided by the number of its graduating seniors.
Source: iowaapindex.org
In 2024, Wahlert Catholic High School ranked in the top 10 of the Iowa AP Index, which recognizes the Top 50 Iowa accredited public and nonpublic high schools for providing Advanced Placement opportunities to Iowa's high school students.
| 2024 | 236 | 69% |
| 2023 | 202 | 67% |
| 2022 | 270 | 54% |
| 2021 | 289 | 55% |
| 2020 | 305 | 80% |
Enrollment Data Source: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
| 2023 | 109 | 92% | – | – | – |
| 2022 | 108 | 86% | – | – | – |
| 2021 | 141 | 91% | 91% | 93% | – |
| 2020 | 109 | 90% | 92% | 87% | – |
| 2019 | 132 | 95% | 96% | 94% | – |
| 2018 | 118 | 92% | 92% | 97% | – |
| 2017 | 127 | 92% | 94% | 94% | 76% |
| 2016 | 137 | 92% | 95% | 98% | 81% |
| 2015 | 139 | 91% | 93% | 94% | 77% |
| 2014 | 127 | 88% | 88% | 90% | 75% |
Student Involvement
Student Involvement
Approximately 90 percent of Mazzuchelli Catholic Middle School and Wahlert Catholic High School students are engaged in co-curricular activities:
Service Hours Contributed
All Holy Family Catholic Schools students participate in service to the community. Middle school students are required to contribute at least 15 hours and high school students contribute at least 20 hours per year of service in addition to in-school service projects. Students earning the service cord have personally contributed over 200 hours of service during their high school years. Eleven members of the class of 2024 earned the Wahlert Catholic Service Cord.
The Class of 2023 contributed more than
5,700+
hours of service during their high school years...
...Creating an estimated economic impact of
$181,341
for the community.
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