Hamburg Middle School

Hamburg Middle School operates as a rural-scale middle-grades school in Hamburg, Iowa, part of Hamburg Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 31 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 92% below the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Hamburg Middle School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Hamburg Middle School lists 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at Hamburg Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Fremont County's rate of about 46%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hamburg Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.5%; this one delivers 62.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Fremont County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,621 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Fremont County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,104 students), Hamburg Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hamburg Charter High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hamburg Middle School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hamburg Middle School has decreased 31%, going from 45 students in 2018 to 31 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 34.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.