Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School

Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School is a 9-12 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, part of Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District, instructing 552 students in grades 9 through 12.

Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School is one of 4 schools operated by Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District, a district that instructs 1,684 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School records that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school logs 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Woodbury County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 78.9%, the actual is 79.1%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Woodbury County indicate median household income runs about $73,658, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Woodbury County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,210 students), of which Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 74.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School's enrollment has grew 12% since 2018, when it stood at 495 (now 552). Over the same period, the White share fell from 88% to 76%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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