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How Dubuque Online School compares for families

What families should know about Dubuque Online School.

  • LocallyIA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cascade Junior-Senior High School, Bellevue High School, Clayton Ridge High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

54.2%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Your state's public flagship

University of Iowa

85%
admit rate
$11,283
in-state tuition/yr · $33,371 out-of-state
1130–1320
SAT 25–75 · ACT 22–28

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.

See the full University of Iowa profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 75 in 2022 to 92 in 2024 — over 2 years.
+22.7%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +9.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 249 students:

2025
272
2027
326
2029
390

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $15,633 per student in district revenue, the 141 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $2,204,253/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Cascade Junior-Senior High School
Cascade
Public 21.7 243 +3.8%
Bellevue High School
Bellevue
Public 22.2 207 -3.3%
Clayton Ridge High School
Guttenberg
Public 27.5 176 -13.7%
Maquoketa Valley Senior High School
Delhi
Public 32.4 206 +7.9%
Lisbon Secondary School
Lisbon
Public 53.9 217 +14.8%
Monticello High School
Monticello
Public 31.0 320 -11.8%
Durant Junior/Senior High School
Durant
Public 63.6 240 +2.1%
Midland Middle/High School
Wyoming
Public 34.7 172 +4.9%

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