Summary:
The Ames Community School District in Iowa has one middle school, Ames Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school has a diverse student population and strong academic performance, with proficiency rates above the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.
Ames Middle School has an enrollment of 1,002 students, with a racial makeup of 64.97% White, 10.18% African American, 11.68% Hispanic, 6.39% Asian, and 6.39% two or more races. The school has a 30.84% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. Academically, the school's proficiency rates range from 73.3% to 79.2% in ELA and 75.6% to 78.4% in Mathematics, outperforming the state averages. In Science, the 8th-grade proficiency rate is 71.6%, also above the state average of 65.5%.
The school's spending per student is $11,412, and it has a low student-teacher ratio of 13.2, suggesting adequate resources and staffing to support student learning. While Ames Middle School's statewide ranking has remained relatively stable, ranging between 169 and 175 out of 337 Iowa middle schools over the past three years, it has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating solid performance compared to other schools in the state.
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