Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School

Set in Fredericksburg, Iowa, Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School is a low-enrollment intermediate school, overseen by Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District. It enrolls 217 students across grades 5 through 8. That puts it 46% leaner than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Sumner-Fredericksburg Comm School District, a district that educates 789 students overall.

Demographically, Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School reports that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Chickasaw County put the typical household earns roughly $75,675 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Chickasaw County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,055 students), of which Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School is one.

Fredericksburg Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School has edged up 16%, going from 187 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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