Best Middle Schools in Iowa

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the ISASP test scores by the Iowa Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 18, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 337)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
193048000586	301	Bunger Middle School	Public	6-8	157 S Roosevelt Rd	Evansdale	50707	Black Hawk County	Waterloo Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 433-2550	431	36	11.8	75.4%	224 (52.0%)	79 (18.3%)	62 (14.4%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	47 (10.9%)	$14,500			$895			$13,604	17.8	26.3	277	24
190858000485	302	Walcott Intermediate	Public	7-8	545 E James St	Walcott	52773	Scott County	Davenport Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(563) 445-5200	204	16	12.7	47.5%	164 (80.4%)	3 (1.5%)	26 (12.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.9%)	$9,785			$532			$9,253	17	24.1	282	20
191980001164	303	Moulton-Udell High School	Public	7-12	305 E 8th	Moulton	52572	Appanoose County	Moulton-Udell Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 642-8131	67	7	9.2	53.7%	65 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	$15,981			$35			$15,946	16.7	33.6	249	54
190858000482	304	Sudlow Intermediate	Public	7-8	1414 E Locust St	Davenport	52803	Scott County	Davenport Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(563) 445-5150	524	32	16.1	52.9%	255 (48.7%)	137 (26.1%)	73 (13.9%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (10.5%)	$12,362			$587			$11,775	16.4	21.6	287	17
190822000440	305	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Public	6-8	712 N 21st St	Council Bluffs	51501	Pottawattamie County	Council Bluffs Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 328-6476	900	65	13.8	75.0%	625 (69.4%)	47 (5.2%)	169 (18.8%)	6 (0.7%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.2%)	$18,064			$861			$17,203	16	15	301	4
190594002176	306	Iowa Connections Academy Middle School	Public, Virtual	6-8	807 Third St	Anita	50020	Cass County	CAM Community School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(712) 581-0200	221	5	49.1	41.2%	182 (82.4%)	9 (4.1%)	15 (6.8%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.0%)	$6,846			$24			$6,823	15.1	27.5	273	33
192334001378	307	John R Mott Junior/High School	Public	7-12	314 W Post	Postville	52162	Allamakee County	Postville Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(563) 864-7652	351	25	14.1	75.2%	98 (27.9%)	21 (6.0%)	229 (65.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$14,210			$413			$13,796	15.1	18.8	291	16
190654000254	308	McKinley STEAM Academy	Public	6-8	620 10th ST SE	Cedar Rapids	52403	Linn County	Cedar Rapids Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 558-2348	448	32	14	52.2%	254 (56.7%)	101 (22.5%)	36 (8.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (11.6%)	$16,456			$251			$16,204	14.6	20.8	289	19
192211001316	309	Evans Middle School	Public	7-8	812 Chester Avenue	Ottumwa	52501	Wapello County	Ottumwa Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 684-6511	1,047	70	15	46.5%	549 (52.4%)	69 (6.6%)	274 (26.2%)	24 (2.3%)	5 (0.5%)	108 (10.3%)	18 (1.7%)	$12,177			$523			$11,654	14.5	18.4	293	16
190948002309	310	Dubuque Online School	Public, Virtual	6-12	2300 Chaney Rd	Dubuque	52001	Dubuque County	Dubuque Community School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(563) 552-3000	208	5	41.6	23.6%	167 (80.3%)	15 (7.2%)	11 (5.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	12 (5.8%)								13.4			(n/a)

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ISASP English Language Arts, ISASP Mathematics, ISASP Science test scores released by the Iowa Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 18, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Iowa Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Iowa Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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