Jesup High School

Set in Jesup, Iowa, Jesup High School is a modestly sized 9-12 campus, part of Jesup Comm School District. It teaches 269 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Jesup High School sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

Jesup High School is one of 6 schools operated by Jesup Comm School District, a district that instructs 1,024 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Jesup High School records that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Buchanan County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Jesup High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 18% 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 Buchanan County (around 29%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Jesup High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.0%; this one delivers 80.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Buchanan County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,236 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Buchanan County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,231 students), of which Jesup High School is one.

Jesup Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jesup High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 76.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Jesup High School's enrollment has rose 15% since 2018, when it stood at 233 (now 269). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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