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The public middle schools with the highest share of female students in Polk County, Iowa

21 public middle schools in Polk County, Iowa appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the highest share of female students, ranked by the share of enrolled students who are female, from federal NCES data. Meredith Middle School leads the list at 53.5%, against a median of 49.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Polk County, Iowa

Top % Female

53.5%

Median % Female

49.2%

MOST FEMALE · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Students	Female students	% Female
1	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	662	354	53.5%
2	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	645	335	51.9%
3	Southeast Polk Middle School	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	1,112	568	51.1%
4	Prairie Ridge Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	1,004	510	50.8%
5	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	488	246	50.4%
6	Parkview Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	865	436	50.4%
7	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	603	299	49.6%
8	Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	445	220	49.4%
9	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	892	441	49.4%
10	Woodside Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	396	195	49.2%
11	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	553	272	49.2%
12	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	688	338	49.1%
13	Summit Middle School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	1,118	549	49.1%
14	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	657	319	48.5%
15	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	670	320	47.8%
16	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	455	212	46.6%
17	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	641	297	46.3%
18	North Polk Middle School	Alleman, IA	North Polk Comm School District	504	233	46.2%
19	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	661	303	45.8%
20	Bondurant-Farrar Junior High	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	398	181	45.5%
21	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	511	231	45.2%

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