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

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the highest share of female students in Iowa, drawn from 235 qualifying public middle schools. Clayton Ridge Middle School leads the list at 58.6%, against a median of 48.9% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

235

Iowa

Top % Female

58.6%

Median % Female

48.9%

MOST FEMALE · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Students	Female students	% Female
1	Clayton Ridge Middle School	Guttenberg, IA	Clayton Ridge Comm School District	140	82	58.6%
2	Starmont Middle School	Arlington, IA	Starmont Comm School District	113	66	58.4%
3	Panorama Middle School	Panora, IA	Panorama Comm School District	146	83	56.9%
4	BCLUW Middle School	Union, IA	BCLUW Comm School District	132	75	56.8%
5	Maquoketa Valley Middle School	Delhi, IA	Maquoketa Valley Comm School District	145	82	56.5%
6	Cardinal Junior High	Eldon, IA	Cardinal Comm School District	314	177	56.4%
7	Columbus Community Junior High School	Columbus Junction, IA	Columbus Comm School District	104	58	55.8%
8	Southwest Valley Middle School	Villisca, IA	Villisca Comm School District	131	72	55.0%
9	East Marshall Middle School	Gilman, IA	East Marshall Comm School District	157	86	54.8%
10	Pleasantville Middle School	Pleasantville, IA	Pleasantville Comm School District	128	70	54.7%
11	Tri-Center Middle School	Neola, IA	Tri-Center Comm School District	135	73	54.1%
12	Montezuma Junior High School	Montezuma, IA	Montezuma Comm School District	106	57	53.8%
13	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	662	354	53.5%
14	George Washington Carver Academy	Waterloo, IA	Waterloo Comm School District	455	243	53.4%
15	Norway Elementary School	Norway, IA	Benton Comm School District	336	179	53.3%
16	Woodbury Central Middle School	Moville, IA	Woodbury Central Comm School District	111	59	53.1%
17	DeSoto Intermediate School	DeSoto, IA	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District	337	179	53.1%
18	Winterset Middle School	Winterset, IA	Winterset Comm School District	351	186	53.0%
19	West Central Valley Middle School	Redfield, IA	West Central Valley Comm School District	191	101	52.9%
20	Pella Middle School	Pella, IA	Pella Comm School District	375	198	52.8%
21	Lake Mills Middle School	Lake Mills, IA	Lake Mills Comm School District	146	77	52.7%
22	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School	Sanborn, IA	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District	165	87	52.7%
23	Jesup Middle School	Jesup, IA	Jesup Comm School District	249	131	52.6%
24	Denison Middle School	Denison, IA	Denison Comm School District	502	264	52.6%
25	West Liberty Middle School	West Liberty, IA	West Liberty Comm School District	367	193	52.6%
26	Sheldon Middle School	Sheldon, IA	Sheldon Comm School District	312	164	52.6%
27	Mid-Prairie Middle School	Kalona, IA	Mid-Prairie Comm School District	415	218	52.5%
28	Storm Lake Middle School	Storm Lake, IA	Storm Lake Comm School District	651	339	52.1%
29	Humboldt Middle School	Humboldt, IA	Humboldt Comm School District	454	236	52.0%
30	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	645	335	51.9%
31	Solon Middle School	Solon, IA	Solon Comm School District	320	166	51.9%
32	Greene County Middle School	Jefferson, IA	Greene County Comm School District	347	180	51.9%
33	Remsen-Union Middle School	Remsen, IA	Remsen-Union Comm School District	189	98	51.9%
34	Indianola Middle School	Indianola, IA	Indianola Comm School District	818	424	51.8%
35	Hazel Point Intermediate School	Marion, IA	Linn-Mar Comm School District	563	291	51.7%
36	New Hampton Middle School	New Hampton, IA	New Hampton Comm School District	304	157	51.6%
37	Spencer Middle School	Spencer, IA	Spencer Comm School District	514	265	51.6%
38	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle School	Sergeant Bluff, IA	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm School District	400	206	51.5%
39	Aldo Leopold Intermediate School	Burlington, IA	Burlington Comm School District	412	212	51.5%
40	Maquoketa Middle School	Maquoketa, IA	Maquoketa Comm School District	315	162	51.4%
41	Highland Middle School	Riverside, IA	Highland Comm School District	119	61	51.3%
42	Keokuk Middle School	Keokuk, IA	Keokuk Comm School District	381	195	51.2%
43	Grundy Center Middle School	Grundy Center, IA	Grundy Center Comm School District	219	112	51.1%
44	Southeast Polk Middle School	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	1,112	568	51.1%
45	Boone Middle School	Boone, IA	Boone Comm School District	586	299	51.0%
46	Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School	Dallas Center, IA	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District	586	299	51.0%
47	Mediapolis Middle School	Mediapolis, IA	Mediapolis Comm School District	222	113	50.9%
48	Prairie Ridge Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	1,004	510	50.8%
49	Robert Blue School	Eagle Grove, IA	Eagle Grove Comm School District	268	136	50.8%
50	Oskaloosa Middle School	Oskaloosa, IA	Oskaloosa Comm School District	404	205	50.7%

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