Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School

Located at 14354 170th St, in Letts, Iowa, Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School is a cozy four-year high school that serves 353 students (grades 7 through 12), part of Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School is one of 2 schools operated by Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District, a district that teaches 821 students overall.

On demographics, Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest is composed of 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Louisa County) reports that median household income runs about $77,354, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School is one of 9 public schools in Louisa County (combined enrollment of about 2,165 students).

Nearest neighbor: Louisa-Muscatine Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 66.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School's enrollment has increased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 353).

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