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Enrollment
552
High
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SERGEANT BLUFF-LUTON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192559001460
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School
708 Warrior Road, Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054 · (712) 943-5561 · Woodbury County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Iowa public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
144 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 41%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 144 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 145 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 148 | 27% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
83.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
77.7%
IA avg 70.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.9% | 77.7% |
| 2023-24 | 85.5% | 78.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
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
79.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 →
Schools most like Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School's state test result (79.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School this school | 552 | 26.1% | 79.1% |
| Clear Creek Amana High School Tiffin | 800 | 28.3% | 76.1% |
| Marion High School Marion | 735 | 27.2% | 67.8% |
| Carlisle High School Carlisle | 754 | 23.3% | 77.1% |
| Le Mars High School Le Mars | 662 | 27.8% | 74.3% |
| Southview Middle School Ankeny | 913 | 27.5% | 83.7% |
Matched among Iowa high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.1% | #78 of 313 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.7% | #83 of 314 ▼ 24 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #72 of 314 ▼ 19 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #80 of 340 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #214 of 259 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #76 of 260 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.1% | #248 of 320 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.5% | #65 of 133 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
552
+62 (+13%) vs 2020
+110% since 1990-91, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 552 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 26% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 30% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 31.9 | 16.7:1 | 26% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 22% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 27.9 | 17.7:1 | 27% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 26% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 20% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 329 | 30 | 11.0:1 | 11% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 263 | 18 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (495 to 552); teachers up 18% (27.9 to 33).
About Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School, located in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, is a mid-sized high school. It enrolls 552 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12.
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School is run by Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District, whose 4 schools enroll 1,684 students.
More than half of enrollment at Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School is White: 76%. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
The school's 33 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. It is about the same as the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. At Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School, 26% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Woodbury County average 60%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School lands at B+, ahead of 72% of Iowa public high schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 78.9% at Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 79.1%.
For Woodbury County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $73,658 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Woodbury County number 37, with about 18,210 students.
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle School is the nearest public school to Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 79.1% against a local average of 74.8%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% increase, from 490 to 552.
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Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle SchoolMiddle · 400 students
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Primary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in Sergeant Bluff
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle SchoolMiddle · 400 students
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Primary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle School0.1 mi · 400
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary School0.3 mi · 383
- Sergeant Bluff-Luton Primary School0.4 mi · 349
- DAKOTA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 246
- Nodland Elementary School3.9 mi · 249
- East High School4.1 mi · 1,495
Frequently asked questions
About Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High SchoolHow large is Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School?
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School serve?
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School have?
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School?
Student demographics at Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School are roughly 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School public or private?
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District.
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