Western Dubuque High School

Western Dubuque High School is one of the sizable secondary schools in Epworth, Iowa, operated by Western Dubuque Comm School District, with 927 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 98% above typical.

Western Dubuque Comm School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,643 students; Western Dubuque High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Western Dubuque High School reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Western Dubuque High School has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Dubuque County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, Western Dubuque High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 82.5%, the actual is 84.0%, a residual of +1.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dubuque County put median household income runs about $77,630, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dubuque County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,164 students), of which Western Dubuque High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Epworth Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Western Dubuque High School. On composite proficiency, Western Dubuque High School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 79.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 930 students in 2018 compared to 927 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Western Dubuque High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.