📍 600 Washington, Maquoketa, Jackson County, 52060
Maquoketa Community High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Maquoketa, Jackson County. The school has 498 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mark Vervaecke. It is part of the Maquoketa Comm School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 68% of students are proficient in reading. 63% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers 5 AP courses, dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Maquoketa Community High School enrolls 498 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% White, 3.4% Two or more races and 3.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 445 | 89% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 3.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 17 | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 2% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
237 of the school's 498 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 212 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Maquoketa Community High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-10, state senate district 29, state house district 58.
Maquoketa Community High School is one of 4 schools in Maquoketa Comm School District, based in Maquoketa, Iowa. The district serves 1,288 students district-wide and employs 105 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 498 students, Maquoketa Community High School is larger than the district average of about 322 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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