Enrollment
263
High
DISTRICT 220 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MFL MARMAC COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191812001036
MFL MarMac High School
700 S Page St, Monona, IA 52159 · (563) 539-2031 · Clayton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
81 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 MFL MarMac Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
82.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +13.7pp since 2023
Math
64.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
263
+61 (+30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.5:1
% White
95%
was 96%
% Hispanic
2%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MFL MarMac High School
MFL MarMac High School is a small secondary school in Monona, Iowa, overseen by MFL MarMac Comm School District. The school teaches 263 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.
MFL MarMac Comm School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 879 students; MFL MarMac High School is among them.
On demographics, MFL MarMac High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder reads as 3% multiracial. Compared to Clayton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MFL MarMac High School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MFL MarMac High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.5%, the actual is 66.3%, a residual of -10.3 points.
Across the wider county, Clayton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,242 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Clayton County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,625 students), of which MFL MarMac High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: MFL MarMac Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. 5 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 MFL MarMac High School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 66.8%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MFL MarMac High School has climbed 30%, going from 202 students in 2018 to 263 in 2025.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,013
Census ACS
Median income
$67,242
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,625 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MFL MarMac Comm School District
- MFL MarMac Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- MFL MarMac Middle SchoolMiddle · 168 students
- McGregor Intermediate SchoolElementary · 130 students
Nearby schools
- MFL MarMac Elementary School0.0 mi · 318
- Cora B Darling Elementary9.4 mi · 363
- John R Mott Jr/Hi School9.5 mi · 342
- Postville Early Childhood Preschool/Post St/REC Center9.5 mi · 14
- Postville Early Childhood/Ogden St9.5 mi · 18
- McGregor Intermediate School10.5 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About MFL MarMac High SchoolHow large is MFL MarMac High School?
MFL MarMac High School enrolls approximately 263 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does MFL MarMac High School serve?
MFL MarMac High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MFL MarMac High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MFL MarMac High School is approximately 15.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MFL MarMac High School?
At MFL MarMac High School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is MFL MarMac High School in?
MFL MarMac High School is part of MFL MarMac Comm School District.
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