Edgewood-Colesburg High School

Edgewood-Colesburg High School is one of the intimate four-year high schools in Edgewood, Iowa, part of Edgewood-Colesburg Comm School District, with 206 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Edgewood-Colesburg Comm School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 490 students. Edgewood-Colesburg High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Edgewood-Colesburg High School shows that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic. Compared to Clayton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Edgewood-Colesburg High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.2%; this one delivers 75.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Clayton County) shows that median household earnings sit near $67,242, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clayton County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,625 students), of which Edgewood-Colesburg High School is one.

Edgewood-Colesburg Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.6 miles from this campus. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edgewood-Colesburg High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 75.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edgewood-Colesburg High School has fell 13%, going from 237 students in 2018 to 206 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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