Hamburg Charter High School

Set in Hamburg, Iowa, Hamburg Charter High School is a minimally staffed senior high, overseen by Hamburg Comm School District. It educates 58 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 88% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Hamburg Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 191 students. Hamburg Charter High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hamburg Charter High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic. Compared to Fremont County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Hamburg Charter High School shows 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Hamburg Charter High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 68.7%; this one comes in at 52.8%, -15.9 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Fremont County) records that median household income runs about $71,621, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Fremont County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,104 students), Hamburg Charter High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hamburg Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hamburg Charter High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site. Hamburg Charter High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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