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The largest public middle schools in Iowa

246 public middle schools in Iowa appear in this ranking of the largest public middle schools, ranked by total student enrollment, excluding online and virtual schools. Southeast Middle School leads the list at 1,269, against a median of 338 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

246

Iowa

Top Students

1,269

Median Students

338

LARGEST · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students
1	Southeast Middle School	Iowa City, IA	Iowa City Comm School District	Middle	1,269
2	North Middle School	Sioux City, IA	Sioux City Comm School District	Middle	1,136
3	Summit Middle School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	Middle	1,118
4	Northwest Middle School	Coralville, IA	Iowa City Comm School District	Middle	1,113
5	Southeast Polk Middle School	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	Middle	1,112
6	South Middle School	Waukee, IA	Waukee Comm School District	Middle	1,092
7	Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School	Dubuque, IA	Dubuque Comm School District	Middle	1,081
8	East Middle School	Sioux City, IA	Sioux City Comm School District	Middle	1,076
9	Ames Middle School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Middle	1,033
10	Prairie Ridge Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	1,004
11	Bettendorf Middle School	Bettendorf, IA	Bettendorf Comm School District	Middle	952
12	Pleasant Valley Junior High School	LeClaire, IA	Pleasant Valley Comm School District	Middle	940
13	North Central Middle School	North Liberty, IA	Iowa City Comm School District	Middle	925
14	Gerald W Kirn Middle School	Council Bluffs, IA	Council Bluffs Comm School District	Middle	913
15	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Middle	892
16	Prairie Point	Cedar Rapids, IA	College Comm School District	Middle	868
17	Waukee Middle School	Waukee, IA	Waukee Comm School District	Middle	867
18	Parkview Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	865
19	Woodrow Wilson Middle School	Council Bluffs, IA	Council Bluffs Comm School District	Middle	855
20	Hoover Middle School	Waterloo, IA	Waterloo Comm School District	Middle	848
21	Prairie Creek	Cedar Rapids, IA	College Comm School District	Middle	846
22	West Middle School	Sioux City, IA	Sioux City Comm School District	Middle	826
23	Norwalk Middle School	Norwalk, IA	Norwalk Comm School District	Middle	824
24	Indianola Middle School	Indianola, IA	Indianola Comm School District	Middle	818
25	Berg Middle School	Newton, IA	Newton Comm School District	Middle	790
26	Fort Dodge Middle School	Fort Dodge, IA	Fort Dodge Comm School District	Middle	765
27	Trailridge School	Waukee, IA	Waukee Comm School District	Middle	754
28	Clinton Middle School	Clinton, IA	Clinton Comm School District	Middle	745
29	B R Miller Middle School	Marshalltown, IA	Marshalltown Comm School District	Middle	736
30	Sudlow Middle School	Davenport, IA	Davenport Comm School District	Middle	734
31	Lewis Central Middle School	Council Bluffs, IA	Lewis Central Comm School District	Middle	720
32	Harding Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	710
33	Clear Creek Amana Middle School	Tiffin, IA	Clear Creek Amana Comm School District	Middle	702
34	Peet Junior High School	Cedar Falls, IA	Cedar Falls Comm School District	Middle	695
35	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	688
36	Fort Madison Middle School	Fort Madison, IA	Fort Madison Comm School District	Middle	686
37	Waverly-Shell Rock Middle School	Waverly, IA	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm School District	Middle	681
38	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	670
39	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	662
40	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	661
41	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	657
42	Lenihan Intermediate School	Marshalltown, IA	Marshalltown Comm School District	Middle	655
43	Storm Lake Middle School	Storm Lake, IA	Storm Lake Comm School District	Middle	651
44	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	645
45	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	641
46	Drexler Middle School	Farley, IA	Western Dubuque Comm School District	Middle	639
47	Liberty Intermediate School	Ottumwa, IA	Ottumwa Comm School District	Middle	633
48	Wood Middle School	Davenport, IA	Davenport Comm School District	Middle	629
49	Holmes Junior High School	Cedar Falls, IA	Cedar Falls Comm School District	Middle	628
50	Boulder Peak Intermediate School	Marion, IA	Linn-Mar Comm School District	Middle	613

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