Schools · Dubuque
Dubuque, IA schools
Dubuque’s public schools score below Iowa’s averages: 65% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Dubuque’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Dubuque’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresC-Graduation
Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 20%
Lower resultsHigher results
Iowa towns with similar household incomes (637)Better than 20%
High confidence. Built on 6,509 tested students and a graduating class of 802; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Iowa’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Iowa only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Iowa with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
Below the state in reading
Reading (Dubuque Community)65%
State average 67.8%
Math (Dubuque Community)63%
State average 64.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
86% graduate on time
Graduation rate
86%
IA: 91.4%
Graduating class
802
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #107 of 121 IA towns →
Districts
The district serving Dubuque
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 24 schools in Dubuque
Showing 1–24 of 24 schools
Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 568 students
BPublicCarver Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 499 students
A-PublicJohn Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 493 students
B+PublicTable Mound Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 425 students
CPublicIrving Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 409 students
B-PublicPrescott Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 352 students
D-PublicMarshall Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 323 students
C-PublicBryant Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 299 students
BPublicHoover Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 292 students
C-PublicLincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 257 students
DPublicAudubon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 247 students
D-PublicEleanor Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,081 students
B+PublicGeorge Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 584 students
C+PublicThomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 402 students
DPublicHempstead High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,499 students
B-PublicDubuque Senior High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,490 students
B-PublicDubuque Online SchoolHigh · Grades 6–12 · 249 students
PublicSeedlings Preschool CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 70 students
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PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.