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The lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Polk County, Iowa

Across Polk County, Iowa, 21 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Hiatt Middle School leads the list at 36.2%, against a median of 72.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Polk County, Iowa

Best % Proficient

36.2%

Median % Proficient

72.2%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	93.4%	488	36.2%
2	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	88.6%	603	39.9%
3	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	84.7%	511	42.4%
4	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	82.6%	455	42.8%
5	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	87.4%	688	42.8%
6	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	79.9%	553	50.0%
7	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	71.3%	641	51.3%
8	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	79.8%	662	51.6%
9	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	83.3%	670	54.0%
10	Woodside Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	Middle	56.6%	396	62.9%
11	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	43.7%	657	72.2%
12	Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	16.4%	445	72.4%
13	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Middle	41.4%	892	72.4%
14	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	47.0%	645	73.2%
15	Bondurant-Farrar Junior High	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	19.8%	398	77.4%
16	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	51.9%	661	78.2%
17	Southeast Polk Middle School	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	Middle	41.0%	1,112	79.0%
18	Summit Middle School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	Middle	26.0%	1,118	81.9%
19	Prairie Ridge Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	17.6%	1,004	83.6%
20	Parkview Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	27.3%	865	85.9%
21	North Polk Middle School	Alleman, IA	North Polk Comm School District	Middle	8.5%	504	87.1%

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