Enrollment
354
High
DISTRICT 274 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAN BUREN COUNTY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192898001670
Van Buren County Community Middle & High School
405 4th Street, Keosauqua, IA 52565 · (319) 293-3334 · Van Buren County
GRADES 07–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Iowa public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
12.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
213 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 7 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 60 | 17% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 Van Buren County Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
69.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 69.4% |
| 2023-24 | 82.9% | 75.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 13 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Van Buren County Community Middle & High School
Van Buren County Community Middle & High School's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren County Community Middle & High School this school | 354 | 60.2% | 74.5% |
| Central Decatur MS/HS High School Leon | 291 | 60.5% | 69.6% |
| East Union Middle-High School Afton | 242 | 58.3% | 78.5% |
| Chariton High School Chariton | 372 | 55.1% | 67.5% |
| Wayne Community Jr-Sr High School Corydon | 255 | 54.9% | 78.4% |
| Cardinal High School Eldon | 270 | 53.3% | 65.3% |
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 Van Buren County Community Middle & High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #140 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #185 of 314 ▼ 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #149 of 314 ▼ 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #142 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #71 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.8% | #250 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.2% | #20 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #84 of 125 |
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
354
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 354 | 27.6 | 12.8:1 | 60% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 26.9 | 13.4:1 | 54% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 27.7 | 13.3:1 | 53% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 49% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 44% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 43% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 224 | 18 | 12.4:1 | 34% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 20% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 300 | 24 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Buren County Community Middle & High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (376 to 354); teachers up 15% (24 to 27.6).
About Van Buren County Community Middle & High School
A small high school in Keosauqua, Iowa, Van Buren County Community Middle & High School is part of Van Buren County Comm School District. A federal count lists 354 students at the school, in grades 7 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Iowa) has about 468 students.
Van Buren County Comm School District operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 821 students.
The student body at Van Buren County Community Middle & High School is 95% White. Enrollment also includes 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 96% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.8:1, with 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 4.5 students per teacher below the 17.3:1 average for high schools in Iowa. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 60%.
Measured against Iowa public high schools, Van Buren County Community Middle & High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 74.5%, is 12.6 points above the 61.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Iowa schools.
Census estimates describe Van Buren County this way: the median household income is $61,161, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. In all, Van Buren County has 3 public schools and roughly 821 students.
The closest public school, Van Buren County Community School District Douds Center, is about 9.5 miles from Van Buren County Community Middle & High School. Van Buren County Community Middle & High School places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (356) to 2024-25 (354). Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.2:1 to 12.8:1.
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Van Buren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,241
Census ACS
Median income
$61,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
821 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Van Buren County Comm School District
- Van Buren County Community School District Douds CenterElementary · 292 students
- Van Buren County Community School District Harmony CenterElementary · 175 students
Nearby schools
- Van Buren County Community School District Douds Center9.5 mi · 292
- Van Buren County Community School District Harmony Center12.7 mi · 175
- Fairfield Middle School18.2 mi · 410
- Pence Elementary18.4 mi · 317
- Washington Elementary18.8 mi · 239
- Fairfield High School19.2 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Van Buren County Community Middle & High SchoolHow many students attend Van Buren County Community Middle & High School?
Van Buren County Community Middle & High School enrolls approximately 354 students in grades 07-12.
Is Van Buren County Community Middle & High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Van Buren County Community Middle & High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Van Buren County Community Middle & High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Van Buren County Community Middle & High School is approximately 12.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Van Buren County Community Middle & High School?
Van Buren County Community Middle & High School reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Van Buren County Community Middle & High School?
Van Buren County Community Middle & High School is overseen by Van Buren County Comm School District in Van Buren County.
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