Hampton-Dumont High School

Hampton-Dumont High School is a high school of mid-sized scale in Hampton, Iowa, operated by Hampton-Dumont Comm School District, hosting 457 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Hampton-Dumont Comm School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,268 students, Hampton-Dumont High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Hampton-Dumont High School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 40% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hampton-Dumont High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.2%.

In the surrounding community, Franklin County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,894 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Hampton-Dumont High School is one of 7 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 1,800 students).

The closest other public school is North Side Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hampton-Dumont High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 72.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hampton-Dumont High School has ticked up 28%, going from 358 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 30% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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