Belmond-Klemme Alternative School
Belmond · IA · Belmond-Klemme Comm School District · Public
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WisdomQuest Education Center → Prairie Crossing → Tri-County JR/SR High School → Westside Junior-Senior High School → Great Oaks High School and Career Center → West Central Charter High School → Woodward Academy → Empowering Excellence Charter School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Belmond-Klemme Alternative School compares for families
What families should know about Belmond-Klemme Alternative School.
- ▸ LocallyIA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: WisdomQuest Education Center, Prairie Crossing, Tri-County JR/SR High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,531/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +14.0%/year, projecting from 2023's 13 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WisdomQuest Education Center Mount Pleasant |
Public | 167.6 | 26 | — |
| Prairie Crossing Cedar Rapids |
Public | 118.2 | 29 | — |
| Tri-County JR/SR High School Thornburg |
Public | 116.4 | 58 | -18.3% |
| Westside Junior-Senior High School Westside |
Public | 93.2 | 65 | +18.2% |
| Great Oaks High School and Career Center Des Moines |
Public · charter | 84.3 | 72 | — |
| West Central Charter High School Maynard |
Public · charter | 87.5 | 97 | +12.8% |
| Woodward Academy Woodward |
Public | 69.4 | 100 | -2.0% |
| Empowering Excellence Charter School Cedar Rapids |
Public · charter | 116.1 | 120 | — |