Burlington Community High School

Set in Burlington, Iowa, Burlington Community High School is a well-populated senior high, part of Burlington Comm School District. It instructs 1,016 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 117% larger than the state mean of about 468.

Across the 8 schools in Burlington Comm School District (3,140 students total), Burlington Community High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Burlington Community High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 16% Black, 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Burlington Community High School has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Burlington Community High School is in the bottom 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 67.3%; Burlington Community High School posts 48.7%, -18.6 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Des Moines County put median household income runs about $62,928, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Des Moines County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,632 students), Burlington Community High School is one campus in the mix.

Edward Stone Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burlington Community High School. On composite proficiency, Burlington Community High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 1,109 students in 2018 compared to 1,016 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 72% to 65%.

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