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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Des Moines, Iowa

This ranking covers the highest-poverty public middle schools in Des Moines, Iowa, drawn from 11 qualifying public middle schools. Hiatt Middle School leads the list at 93.4%, against a median of 82.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Des Moines, Iowa

Top % FRL

93.4%

Median % FRL

82.6%

HIGHEST POVERTY · DES MOINES, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	488	93.4%
2	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	603	88.6%
3	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	688	87.4%
4	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	511	84.7%
5	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	670	83.3%
6	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	455	82.6%
7	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	553	79.9%
8	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	662	79.8%
9	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	641	71.3%
10	Woodside Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	Middle	396	56.6%
11	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	657	43.7%

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