Enrollment
268
High
DISTRICT 284 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROOKLYN-GUERNSEY-MALCOM COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190549000174
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School
1090 Jackson St, Brooklyn, IA 52211 · (641) 522-7058 · Poweshiek County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Iowa public high schools
- B+Test 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
14.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
94 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 51 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 44 | 16% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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 Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
87.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
77.8%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.3% | 77.8% |
| 2023-24 | 83.3% | 70.2% |
% 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
77.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School's state test result (77.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School this school | 268 | 35.1% | 77.2% |
| Westwood High School Sloan | 275 | 36.0% | 76.4% |
| East Mills Jr/Sr High School Malvern | 234 | 36.8% | 73.0% |
| Sigourney Jr-Sr High Sch Sigourney | 287 | 36.9% | 79.4% |
| Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center Coon Rapids | 214 | 34.1% | 78.2% |
| Colfax-Mingo Jr/Sr High School Colfax | 287 | 33.8% | 68.5% |
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 Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #100 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.8% | #77 of 314 ▲ 81 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #34 of 314 ▲ 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #200 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #142 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.5% | #197 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #166 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #89 of 133 |
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
268
+21 (+9%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 268 | 18.2 | 14.7:1 | 35% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 16.8 | 15.3:1 | 35% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 18.5 | 14.3:1 | 35% (92) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 39% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 19.3 | 13.0:1 | 34% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 25% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 275 | 22 | 12.5:1 | 28% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 19 | 16.9:1 | 12% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 28 | 11.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (251 to 268); teachers down 5% (19.3 to 18.2).
About Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School is a small high school located in Brooklyn, Iowa. It offers grades 7 through 12 and has 268 students enrolled. It has 43% fewer students than the average for high schools in Iowa (about 468).
District-wide, Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm School District has 2 schools and 568 students.
The share of students at Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School who are White is 92%. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic. Poweshiek County residents are about 90% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
Classroom staffing at Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School totals 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.7:1. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 35% of students (94) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Poweshiek County is close, at 36%.
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 71% of Iowa public high schools.
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School scores 77.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 74.4%.
The school's county is Poweshiek County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $67,391 a year, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School shares Poweshiek County with 10 other public schools.
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School's nearest public school is Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School (less than a tenth of a mile). In all, 3 other public schools sit within ten miles of Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
A 9% gain took enrollment from 247 in 2020-21 to 268 in 2024-25.
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Poweshiek County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,545
Census ACS
Median income
$67,391
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
2,566 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm School District
- Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
Other schools in Brooklyn
- Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
Nearby schools
- Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School0.0 mi · 300
- H-L-V Junior-Senior High School7.8 mi · 133
- H-L-V Elementary School7.8 mi · 168
- Montezuma High School11.0 mi · 140
- Montezuma Junior High School11.0 mi · 106
- Montezuma Elementary School11.0 mi · 218
Frequently asked questions
About Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School?
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School serve?
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School is approximately 14.7:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School?
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School?
Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School is overseen by Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm School District in Poweshiek County.
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