Enrollment
339
High
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWTON-BRONSON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191644000981
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School
100 Tara Way, Lawton, IA 51030 · (712) 944-5181 · Woodbury County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Iowa public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
81 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 68 | 20% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lawton-Bronson Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School.
START A DISCUSSIONTest scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
92.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.5% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.8% | 80.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
86.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School's state test result (86.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School this school | 339 | 23.9% | 86.1% |
| Hudson High School Hudson | 371 | 23.7% | 81.2% |
| Cascade Junior-Senior High School Cascade | 392 | 23.2% | 84.2% |
| Union High School La Porte City | 279 | 24.0% | 76.8% |
| Central Lyon Secondary School Rock Rapids | 358 | 24.0% | 85.4% |
| West Lyon High School Inwood | 284 | 24.6% | 81.6% |
Matched among Iowa high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #13 of 313 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #18 of 314 ▲ 17 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.5% | #11 of 314 ▼ 1 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #152 of 340 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #225 of 259 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #162 of 260 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #262 of 320 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.6% | #33 of 133 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
339
+34 (+11%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 339 | 19.8 | 17.1:1 | 24% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 20.5 | 17.5:1 | 26% (94) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 20.5 | 15.9:1 | 24% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 19% (57) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 18.7 | 14.6:1 | 14% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 20 | 13.6:1 | 11% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 23% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 11% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 23 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (272 to 339); teachers up 6% (18.7 to 19.8).
About Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School is a small high school that serves part of Lawton, Iowa. Grades offered run from 7 through 12, with 339 students enrolled. The average among high schools in Iowa is roughly 468 students; this school is 28% smaller than that.
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School is one school in a 2-school district, Lawton-Bronson Comm School District, which enrolls 729 students.
The large majority of students at Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School, 90%, are White. Next come 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 71% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
Its teaching staff equals 19.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 17.1:1. High schools in Iowa have a similar average ratio of 17.3:1. Around 24% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Woodbury County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Iowa public high schools, Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 80.0%. Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School scores 86.1%, 6.2 points above that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Woodbury County, median household income is about $73,658, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 37 public schools operate in Woodbury County, serving about 18,210 students.
The nearest public school is Bronson Elementary School, at about 5.0 miles. Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. The nearest schools with test data average 77.2%, lower than Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School's 86.1%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 305 to 339. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.1:1.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawton-Bronson Comm School District
- Bronson Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Bronson Elementary School5.0 mi · 390
- Woodbury Central Middle School5.5 mi · 111
- Woodbury Central High School5.5 mi · 190
- Moville Elementary School5.5 mi · 283
- East Middle School8.4 mi · 1,076
- Sunnyside Elementary School8.5 mi · 244
Frequently asked questions
About Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High SchoolHow large is Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School?
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School serve?
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School is approximately 17.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School?
At Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School public or private?
Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lawton-Bronson Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.