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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: Maquoketa Valley Senior High School, Van Buren County Community Middle & High School, Tri-Center 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
Maquoketa Valley Senior High School
Delhi
Public 32.4 206 +7.9%
Van Buren County Community Middle & High School
Keosauqua
Public 139.3 222 -7.5%
Tri-Center High School
Neola
Public 260.5 225 +11.4%
Lisbon Secondary School
Lisbon
Public 53.9 217 +14.8%
Hudson High School
Hudson
Public 89.6 231 +2.2%
Ridge View High School
Holstein
Public 246.2 242 +0.8%
Hinton High School
Hinton
Public 284.6 248 +1.6%
Midland Middle/High School
Wyoming
Public 34.7 172 +4.9%

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