Enrollment
243
High
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMNER-FREDERICKSBURG COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192760001610
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School
802 West Sixth Street, Sumner, IA 50674 · (563) 578-3341 · Bremer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Iowa public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
72 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 70 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 63 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 69 | 28% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
77.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.2% | 77.3% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 71.3% |
% 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
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 →
Schools most like Sumner-Fredericksburg High School
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner-Fredericksburg High School this school | 243 | 29.6% | 70.6% |
| South O'Brien Secondary School Paullina | 241 | 29.0% | 82.9% |
| Central Springs High School Manly | 236 | 29.7% | 76.7% |
| MMCRU High School Marcus | 213 | 29.1% | 79.3% |
| Iowa Valley Jr-Sr High School Marengo | 229 | 30.6% | 75.1% |
| Lone Tree Middle-Senior High School Lone Tree | 205 | 29.8% | 64.4% |
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 Sumner-Fredericksburg High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Bremer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #191 of 313 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #88 of 314 ▲ 58 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #238 of 314 ▲ 20 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #218 of 340 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #114 of 259 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #159 of 260 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #213 of 320 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #90 of 133 | N/A |
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
243
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 243 | 17.5 | 13.9:1 | 30% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 20.1 | 12.2:1 | 31% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 28% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 17 | 14.0:1 | 27% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 17.7 | 12.9:1 | 25% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 28% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 265 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 26% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | 23 | 14.2:1 | 15% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 25 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sumner-Fredericksburg High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (228 to 243); teachers down 1% (17.7 to 17.5).
About Sumner-Fredericksburg High School
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is a small high school with its address in Sumner, Iowa. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 243 students. Statewide, high schools in Iowa average about 468 students each.
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is part of a district of 4 schools: Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District, with 789 students.
The student body at Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is 90% White. The rest of enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 93% White share among all Bremer County residents. The school's diversity index is 18%, meaning two students picked at random have an 18% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School's 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.9:1. On average, high schools in Iowa have 17.3:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 30%. That rate is above the 21% average among public schools in Bremer County.
allk12 grades Sumner-Fredericksburg High School a C. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Sumner-Fredericksburg High School would be expected to post about 77.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 70.6%.
Across Bremer County, the median household income is $86,784, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Bremer County has 20 public schools and roughly 5,346 students.
The closest public school, Durant Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles from Sumner-Fredericksburg High School. Other public schools within ten miles: 5. On average proficiency, Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 238 to 243, a small change.
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Bremer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,204
Census ACS
Median income
$86,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,346 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District
- Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 217 students
- Durant Elementary SchoolElementary · 209 students
- Fredericksburg Elem SchoolElementary · 120 students
Nearby schools
- Durant Elementary School0.2 mi · 209
- Tripoli Middle/Sr High School8.6 mi · 170
- Tripoli Elementary School8.6 mi · 219
- Fredericksburg Elem School8.7 mi · 120
- Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School9.0 mi · 217
- Readlyn Elementary School11.9 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About Sumner-Fredericksburg High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sumner-Fredericksburg High School?
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School enrolls approximately 243 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sumner-Fredericksburg High School serve?
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sumner-Fredericksburg High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is approximately 13.9:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sumner-Fredericksburg High School?
At Sumner-Fredericksburg High School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Sumner-Fredericksburg High School in?
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is part of Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District.
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