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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Iowa · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the highest-poverty public schools in Iowa. Back to page 1.

HIGHEST POVERTY · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
51	Berg Middle School	Newton, IA	Newton Comm School District	Middle	790	53.4%
52	Keokuk Middle School	Keokuk, IA	Keokuk Comm School District	Middle	381	53.3%
53	Lincoln Intermediate	Mason City, IA	Mason City Comm School District	Middle	485	53.2%
54	Wood Middle School	Davenport, IA	Davenport Comm School District	Middle	629	52.8%
55	Oelwein Middle School	Oelwein, IA	Oelwein Comm School District	Middle	350	52.6%
56	Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School	Vinton, IA	Vinton-Shellsburg Comm School District	Middle	331	52.3%
57	Charles City Middle School	Charles City, IA	Charles City Comm School District	Middle	386	52.1%
58	West Liberty Middle School	West Liberty, IA	West Liberty Comm School District	Middle	367	52.0%
59	MVAO Middle School	Anthon, IA	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Comm School District	Middle	100	52.0%
60	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	661	51.9%
61	Knoxville Middle School	Knoxville, IA	Knoxville Comm School District	Middle	323	51.7%
62	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School	Sanborn, IA	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District	Middle	165	50.3%
63	Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School	Sibley, IA	Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District	Middle	185	50.3%
64	Greene County Middle School	Jefferson, IA	Greene County Comm School District	Middle	347	50.1%
65	BCLUW Middle School	Union, IA	BCLUW Comm School District	Middle	132	50.0%
66	Nodaway Valley Middle School	Fontanelle, IA	Nodaway Valley Comm School District	Middle	144	50.0%
67	Susan Clark Junior High	Muscatine, IA	Muscatine Comm School District	Middle	544	49.4%
68	Webster City Middle School	Webster City, IA	Webster City Comm School District	Middle	454	49.3%
69	Crestwood Middle School	Cresco, IA	Howard-Winneshiek Comm School District	Middle	283	49.1%
70	John Adams Middle School	Mason City, IA	Mason City Comm School District	Middle	463	49.0%
71	Camanche Middle School	Camanche, IA	Camanche Comm School District	Middle	256	48.8%
72	Sudlow Middle School	Davenport, IA	Davenport Comm School District	Middle	734	48.8%
73	Gerald W Kirn Middle School	Council Bluffs, IA	Council Bluffs Comm School District	Middle	913	48.5%
74	Liberty Intermediate School	Ottumwa, IA	Ottumwa Comm School District	Middle	633	48.5%
75	Spencer Middle School	Spencer, IA	Spencer Comm School District	Middle	514	48.4%
76	Sioux Central Middle School	Sioux Rapids, IA	Sioux Central Comm School District	Middle	155	48.4%
77	AGWSR Middle School	Wellsburg, IA	AGWSR Comm School District	Middle	131	48.1%
78	Southeast Valley Middle School	Burnside, IA	Southeast Valley Community School District	Middle	314	47.5%
79	Southeast Middle School	Iowa City, IA	Iowa City Comm School District	Middle	1,269	47.4%
80	Sioux Center Middle School	Sioux Center, IA	Sioux Center Comm School District	Middle	367	47.4%
81	Davis County Middle School	Bloomfield, IA	Davis County Comm School District	Middle	337	47.2%
82	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	645	47.0%
83	Missouri Valley Middle School	Missouri Valley, IA	Missouri Valley Comm School District	Middle	158	46.8%
84	Southwest Valley Middle School	Villisca, IA	Villisca Comm School District	Middle	131	46.6%
85	Taft Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	593	46.5%
86	Cherokee Middle School	Cherokee, IA	Cherokee Comm School District	Middle	329	45.3%
87	Northwest Middle School	Coralville, IA	Iowa City Comm School District	Middle	1,113	45.2%
88	Starmont Middle School	Arlington, IA	Starmont Comm School District	Middle	113	45.1%
89	Wapello Junior High School	Wapello, IA	Wapello Comm School District	Middle	102	45.1%
90	New Hampton Middle School	New Hampton, IA	New Hampton Comm School District	Middle	304	45.1%
91	West Monona Middle School	Onawa, IA	West Monona Comm School District	Middle	120	45.0%
92	Atlantic Middle School	Atlantic, IA	Atlantic Comm School District	Middle	349	44.4%
93	Mount Pleasant Middle School	Mount Pleasant, IA	Mount Pleasant Comm School District	Middle	383	44.4%
94	Galva-Holstein Upper Elementary	Galva, IA	Galva-Holstein Comm School District	Middle	105	43.8%
95	Harding Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	710	43.8%
96	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	657	43.7%
97	Oskaloosa Middle School	Oskaloosa, IA	Oskaloosa Comm School District	Middle	404	43.1%
98	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Middle School	Odebolt, IA	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Comm School District	Middle	186	43.0%
99	Washington Middle School	Washington, IA	Washington Comm School District	Middle	347	42.9%
100	Shenandoah Middle School	Shenandoah, IA	Shenandoah Comm School District	Middle	280	42.9%

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