Enrollment
297
High
DISTRICT 330 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELMOND-KLEMME COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190468000130
Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School
411 10th Ave NE, Belmond, IA 50421 · (641) 444-4300 · Wright County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Iowa public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
154 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 66 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 43 | 14% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Belmond-Klemme Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +12.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.6% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 60.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School
Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School's state test result (68.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School this school | 297 | 51.9% | 68.4% |
| Estherville Lincoln Central High School Estherville | 359 | 47.1% | 62.2% |
| Lenox High School Lenox | 219 | 54.8% | 77.3% |
| Sibley-Ocheyedan High School Sibley | 195 | 48.2% | 77.1% |
| Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School Clarion | 291 | 51.2% | 66.3% |
| West Sioux High School Hawarden | 242 | 51.2% | 67.2% |
Matched among Iowa high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #211 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #140 of 314 ▲ 103 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #160 of 314 ▲ 85 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #173 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #45 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #61 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #43 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #86 of 125 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
297
-50 (-14%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 249
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 297 | 24.6 | 12.1:1 | 52% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 25.7 | 11.7:1 | 45% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 26.5 | 12.4:1 | 49% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 50% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 23.8 | 13.3:1 | 53% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 47% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 271 | 23 | 11.8:1 | 45% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 13% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 249 | 23 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (315 to 297); teachers up 3% (23.8 to 24.6).
About Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School
Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School is a low-enrollment high school. Its address is in Belmond, Iowa. Its 297 students are spread across grades 7 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Iowa is about 468 students.
The Belmond-Klemme Comm School District system has 2 schools and 659 students.
White students make up a majority at Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School, at 66%. Other students are 32% Hispanic. That is lower than the 77% White share among all Wright County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School is 24.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.1:1. That is 5.2 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. Around 52% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 49% of Iowa public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 66.0% for a school in Iowa with Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School posts 68.4%.
Across Wright County, the median household income is $67,190, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wright County is home to 9 public schools and about 2,451 public school students.
The nearest public school is Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. By average proficiency, Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school enrolled 297 students in 2024-25, 50 fewer than the 347 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.5:1 to 12.1:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Wright County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,791
Census ACS
Median income
$67,190
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belmond-Klemme Comm School District
- Richard O. Jacobson Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Belmond-Klemme Alternative SchoolHigh
Other schools in Belmond
- Richard O. Jacobson Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Belmond-Klemme Alternative SchoolHigh
Nearby schools
- Richard O. Jacobson Elementary School0.2 mi · 362
- Clarion-Goldfield-Dows High School9.7 mi · 291
- Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Elementary School10.1 mi · 469
- West Hancock Middle School11.1 mi · 174
- CAL Elementary School13.7 mi · 180
- Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School16.6 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High SchoolHow large is Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School?
Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 297 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School serve?
Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School have?
Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School?
At Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School?
Belmond-Klemme Community Jr-Sr High School is overseen by Belmond-Klemme Comm School District in Wright County.
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