Southeast Warren Intermediate

As a minimally staffed intermediate school in Lacona, Iowa, Southeast Warren Intermediate teaches 95 students from grades 4 through 6, operated by Southeast Warren Comm School District. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Southeast Warren Intermediate sits 76% smaller than that benchmark.

Southeast Warren Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 533 students. Southeast Warren Intermediate is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Southeast Warren Intermediate lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Warren County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Southeast Warren Intermediate has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Southeast Warren Intermediate tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at Southeast Warren Intermediate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Warren County (around 24%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Southeast Warren Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.5%; this one delivers 80.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Warren County put median household income runs about $94,588, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Southeast Warren Intermediate is one of 20 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 10,473 students).

The closest other public school is Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School, roughly 5.9 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Southeast Warren Intermediate comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 69.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count fell 17%: 114 students in 2018 compared to 95 in 2024. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 2% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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