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West Monona Middle School is a public middle school in Onawa, Iowa, serving around 105 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the West Monona Community School District, which is ranked 165 out of 309 school districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, West Monona Middle School has consistently outperformed the state average in ISASP test scores across various subjects and grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts were 80.6% for 6th grade, 82.6% for 7th grade, and 86.7% for 8th grade, compared to the state averages of 74.5%, 77.3%, and 77.5%, respectively. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates were 55.6% for 6th grade, 60.9% for 7th grade, and 73.3% for 8th grade, compared to the state averages of 71.1%, 69.9%, and 73.2%. The school's 8th-grade Science proficiency rate was 65.9%, slightly higher than the state average of 65.5%. However, the school's academic performance has fluctuated over the past few years, with a notable improvement in the 2021-2022 school year, when it ranked 99 out of 337 Iowa middle schools and received a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
The student population at West Monona Middle School is predominantly White, with a percentage ranging from 83.33% to 87.83% over the past three school years. The school has a small percentage of Native American students, ranging from 4.76% to 5.22%, and the percentage of students identifying as two or more races has increased from 3.48% in 2020-2021 to 8.73% in 2021-2022. The school has a very low representation of African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Pacific Islander students. Additionally, the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at the school has decreased from 49.57% in 2020-2021 to 42.86% in 2022-2023, indicating that the school serves a significant population of students from lower-income families.
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