Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School

Located at 1090 Jackson St, in Brooklyn, Iowa, Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School is a small senior high that teaches 268 students (grades 7 through 12), overseen by Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm School District (568 students total), Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.4%, the actual is 77.2%, a residual of +2.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Poweshiek County reports that median household income runs about $67,391, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Poweshiek County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,566 students), of which Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Jr-Sr High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 75.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 7%: 251 students in 2018 compared to 268 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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