Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School

As a compact 9-12 campus in Lawton, Iowa, Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School works with 339 students from grades 7 through 12, run under Lawton-Bronson Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 28% smaller than typical.

Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School is one of 2 schools operated by Lawton-Bronson Comm School District, a district that hosts 729 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 24% 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 Woodbury County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 80.0%, the actual is 86.1%, a residual of +6.2 points.

In the area at large, Woodbury County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,658 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School is one of 37 public schools in Woodbury County (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students).

The closest other public school is Bronson Elementary School, roughly 5.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lawton-Bronson Junior-Senior High School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 77.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 25%: 272 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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