Individualized attention! That's what separates Gehlen Catholic from other schools.
Gehlen Catholic ensures each student achieves his/her fullest potential by integrating the following strategies into the classroom:
* An average of 16:1 student to teacher ratio;
* Jays Time - additional assistance from caring faculty at the end of each school day;
* Technology, outside projects, labs, field trips, and volunteering activities;
* Trained volunteers;
* Talented and gifted offerings;
* Resource Rooms (also known as the Success Centers);
* Strong core curriculum (reading, math, science & history); and
* Infinite Campus Student Information System (online grading and electronic communications between students, faculty and parents).
Together these experiences provide students a broader understanding, greater knowledge, and a strong foundation to prepare for the post-secondary education of their choice.
Don’t just take our word for it. See for yourself!
* Five out of nine grades (3-11) scored in the 85th percentile or higher compared to other schools nationally on the Iowa Assessments composite score in winter/spring 2019;
* 83% of the graduating class of 2020 took a 4-year college entrance exam (ACT or SAT). The average ACT score for the class was 23.2 which is higher than both the 2018 national (20.8) and state (21.8) average;
* The graduating class of 2022 earned $36,350 in scholarships from locally based businesses, organizations, and individuals. They earned another $112,162 from the colleges and universities they will attend.
* 99% of graduates over the past 10 years have gone on to pursue a post-secondary education or join the military.
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6