Kee High School

Kee High School is a micro-enrollment four-year high school in Lansing, Iowa, operated by Eastern Allamakee Comm School District. The school instructs 87 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 81% smaller than typical.

Eastern Allamakee Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 309 students. Kee High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Kee High School reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Allamakee County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Kee High School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Kee High School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 68.4%; Kee High School posts 79.1%, +10.7 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Allamakee County indicate median household income runs about $70,694, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Kee High School is one of 11 public schools in Allamakee County (combined enrollment of about 2,183 students).

The closest other public school is Lansing Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kee High School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 68.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 114 students in 2018 compared to 87 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 2% to 7%. Class-load math has tightened: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 5.4:1 in 2025.

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