High school (grades 9-12) · Hamburg, IA

Hamburg Charter High Schools

Federal NCES profile for Hamburg Charter High Schools, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 191344002310Charter school
58 students enrolled

Enrollment

58

Iowa · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

62.9%

vs 36.4% Iowa avg

+73% vs state

What stands out at Hamburg Charter High Schools

No single support indicator dominates

Hamburg Charter High Schools's available federal support indicators do not reveal an extreme in advanced-course access, specialist staffing, chronic absence, or IDEA enrollment. The most responsible reading is therefore component by component rather than a sweeping verdict: current counseling availability, health support, program schedules, and attendance policy still warrant direct confirmation. Missing or middle-range federal fields are not evidence that services are either strong or weak.

Hamburg Charter High Schools is a higher-need, small charter high school in Hamburg, Iowa, enrolling 58 students.

Economic need is high: 62.9% of students qualify for free meals, 73% above the Iowa average, a Title I-weighted population that federal funding formulas prioritise.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 96% of Iowa schools, with 58 enrolled.

Its student body is predominantly White (90% of enrollment) (diversity index 19/100).

The surrounding Hamburg Comm School District spends $20,276 per pupil, 51% above the Iowa average, a better-resourced district than most.

Hamburg Comm School District also operates Marnie Simons Elementary School (102 students) and Hamburg Middle School (31 students) alongside Hamburg Charter High Schools.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Hamburg Charter High Schools compares

Hamburg Charter High Schools on the metrics families compare, against Iowa and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Iowa Iowa avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 62.9% ▲ 73% 36.4% 51.7%
Enrollment 58 top 96% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

58
Bigger than 6% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
62.9%
free-lunch eligible - 73% above the Iowa average of 36.4%
Well above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold, among the highest-need profiles in the state; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$20,276
per pupil, district-wide - above Iowa avg of $13,441
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.

Student demographics

White 89.7%
Hispanic or Latino 10.3%

Largest group: White at 89.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 18.5/100

Simpson diversity index - at 18.5, Hamburg Charter High Schools is less mixed than the Iowa school average of 33.8.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Hamburg Comm School District, which includes Hamburg Charter High Schools.

$20,276
Per student
+51%
vs Iowa
Avg $13,441
+15%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 48.3%
State 37.3%
Federal 14.4%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Hamburg Charter High Schools Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Marnie Simons Elementary School Larger Similar economic need No ratio data
Hamburg Middle School Smaller Similar economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Hamburg Charter High Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Hamburg Comm School District · 2 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Iowa, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Hamburg Charter High Schools's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Hamburg Charter High Schools

How many students attend Hamburg Charter High Schools?

Hamburg Charter High Schools has 58 students enrolled. It is a high school in Hamburg, IA.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Hamburg Charter High Schools?

62.9% of students at Hamburg Charter High Schools are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Iowa average of 36.4%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Hamburg Charter High Schools?

The largest demographic group at Hamburg Charter High Schools is White at 89.7% of enrollment, in Hamburg, IA.

What other schools are in Hamburg Comm School District?

Besides Hamburg Charter High Schools, Hamburg Comm School District also operates Marnie Simons Elementary School (102 students) and Hamburg Middle School (31 students). See the Hamburg Comm School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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