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)
190002601341	11	South O'Brien Secondary School	Public	7-12	307 W Groesbeck	Paullina	51046	O'Brien County	South O'Brien Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 949-3454	252	20	12.4	30.2%	227 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.0%)	$15,447			$108			$15,339	88.5	43	218	207
191884000708	12	MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	1104 5th Ave	Alton	51003	Sioux County	MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 756-4128	329	22	14.8	25.5%	239 (72.6%)	5 (1.5%)	69 (21.0%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.0%)	$11,717			$594			$11,123	87.9	82.5	24	12
192796002175	13	Treynor Middle School	Public	6-8	102 E Main St	Treynor	51575	Pottawattamie County	Treynor Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 487-3181	213	9	23.7	10.3%	198 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.8%)	4 (1.9%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	$10,345			$87			$10,259	87.6	92.3	2	11
192658000707	14	Solon Middle School	Public	6-8	1775 Racine Ave.	Solon	52333	Johnson County	Solon Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(319) 624-2381	345	23	14.9	6.7%	325 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	$12,824			$214			$12,609	86.8	84.2	20	6
193051002326	15	Trailridge School	Public	6-7	1455 NW Douglas Parkway	Waukee	50263	Dallas County	Waukee Community School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(515) 987-5161	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								86.2			(n/a)
192520001440	16	St Ansgar Middle School	Public	6-8	206 East 8th Street	Saint Ansgar	50472	Mitchell County	St Ansgar Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 713-4720	117	6	18	24.8%	110 (94.0%)	2 (1.7%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$13,533			$368			$13,166	86.1	75	60	44
193135001825	17	Cascade Junior-Senior High School	Public	6-12	505 Johnson St NW	Cascade	52033	Dubuque County	Western Dubuque Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(563) 258-7114	395	31	12.9	26.8%	360 (91.1%)	2 (0.5%)	26 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	$17,184			$110			$17,075	86.1	80.4	37	20
190873000498	18	Decorah Middle School	Public	5-8	405 Winnebago St.	Decorah	52101	Winneshiek County	Decorah Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(563) 382-8427	461	35	13	26.0%	417 (90.5%)	7 (1.5%)	18 (3.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.3%)	$13,267			$314			$12,953	86	86.9	12	6
192247001351	19	Pella Middle School	Public	7-8	613 E 13th	Pella	50219	Marion County	Pella Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 628-4784	382	25	15.3	20.7%	336 (88.0%)	4 (1.0%)	18 (4.7%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.2%)	$12,183			$122			$12,060	85.9	85.6	13	6
191041000665	20	Lansing Middle School	Public	5-8	569 Center St.	Lansing	52151	Allamakee County	Eastern Allamakee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(563) 538-4201	76	2	38	48.7%	70 (92.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.9%)	$14,177			$356			$13,821	85.7	78.3	46	26

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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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