Sumner-Fredericksburg High School

Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is one of the low-enrollment secondary schools in Sumner, Iowa, operated by Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District, with 243 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 468 students.

Across the 4 schools in Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District (789 students total), Sumner-Fredericksburg High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Sumner-Fredericksburg High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sumner-Fredericksburg High School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bremer County runs at roughly 21%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Sumner-Fredericksburg High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.6%.

In the broader community, Bremer County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,784, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Bremer County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,346 students), of which Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is one.

The closest other public school is Durant Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Sumner-Fredericksburg High School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 73.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Sumner-Fredericksburg High School's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 243). White enrollment moved from 94% to 90% across the same window.

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