Dubuque Online School

Set in Dubuque, Iowa, Dubuque Online School is a low-enrollment four-year high school, overseen by Dubuque Comm School District. It instructs 249 students across grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 47% leaner than the state mean of about 468.

Dubuque Online School is one of 19 schools operated by Dubuque Comm School District, a district that caters to 9,843 students overall.

Demographically, Dubuque Online School records that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 10% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Dubuque Online School logs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dubuque County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Dubuque County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,630 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Dubuque County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,164 students), of which Dubuque Online School is one.

Dubuque Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Dubuque Online School delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.