Maquoketa Community High School

Maquoketa Community High School is one of the mid-tier secondary schools in Maquoketa, Iowa, operated by Maquoketa Comm School District, with 477 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Maquoketa Comm School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,259 students; Maquoketa Community High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Maquoketa Community High School logs that nearly all students (86%) are White. Other groups include 6% Pacific Islander, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 95% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Maquoketa Community High School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Maquoketa Community High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Maquoketa Community High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 65.4%; actual is 50.5%, a gap of -14.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,186, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Jackson County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,628 students), Maquoketa Community High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Maquoketa Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Maquoketa Community High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 67.9%.

Maquoketa Community High School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maquoketa Community High School has declined 5%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 90% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.