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The largest public middle schools in Polk County, Iowa

21 public middle schools in Polk County, Iowa appear in this ranking of the largest public middle schools, ranked by total student enrollment, excluding online and virtual schools. Summit Middle School leads the list at 1,118, against a median of 645 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Polk County, Iowa

Top Students

1,118

Median Students

645

LARGEST · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Summit Middle School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	Middle	1,118
2	Southeast Polk Middle School	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	Middle	1,112
3	Prairie Ridge Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	1,004
4	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Middle	892
5	Parkview Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	865
6	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	688
7	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	670
8	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	662
9	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	661
10	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	657
11	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	645
12	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	641
13	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	603
14	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	553
15	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	511
16	North Polk Middle School	Alleman, IA	North Polk Comm School District	Middle	504
17	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	488
18	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	455
19	Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	445
20	Bondurant-Farrar Junior High	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	398
21	Woodside Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	Middle	396

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