Northeast Middle-High School

Set in Goose Lake, Iowa, Northeast Middle-High School is a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus, run under Northeast Comm School District. It works with 452 students across grades 6 through 12.

Within Northeast Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 846 students, Northeast Middle-High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Northeast Middle-High School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Clinton County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Northeast Middle-High School shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Northeast Middle-High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 29% of students at Northeast Middle-High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clinton County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Northeast Middle-High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Clinton County put median household income runs about $66,981, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Northeast Middle-High School is one of 18 public schools in Clinton County (combined enrollment of about 7,129 students).

The closest other public school is Northeast Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Northeast Middle-High School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 73.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 461 students in 2018 compared to 452 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 95% to 90%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.