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The lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Iowa · page 2

Ranks 51–100 of the lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency in Iowa. Back to page 1.

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
51	Estherville Lincoln Central Middle School	Estherville, IA	Estherville Lincoln Central Comm School District	Middle	55.8%	308	67.0%
52	Knoxville Middle School	Knoxville, IA	Knoxville Comm School District	Middle	51.7%	323	67.2%
53	South Central Calhoun Middle School	Rockwell City, IA	South Central Calhoun Comm School District	Middle	42.6%	329	67.2%
54	Hampton-Dumont Middle School	Hampton, IA	Hampton-Dumont Comm School District	Middle	56.2%	363	67.3%
55	Boone Middle School	Boone, IA	Boone Comm School District	Middle	32.3%	586	67.5%
56	Greene County Middle School	Jefferson, IA	Greene County Comm School District	Middle	50.1%	347	67.5%
57	Prairie Creek	Cedar Rapids, IA	College Comm School District	Middle	34.2%	846	67.5%
58	Shenandoah Middle School	Shenandoah, IA	Shenandoah Comm School District	Middle	42.9%	280	68.0%
59	South Hardin Middle School	Hubbard, IA	Hubbard-Radcliffe Comm School District	Middle	41.3%	196	68.1%
60	Charles City Middle School	Charles City, IA	Charles City Comm School District	Middle	52.1%	386	68.2%
61	Camanche Middle School	Camanche, IA	Camanche Comm School District	Middle	48.8%	256	68.2%
62	Carroll Middle School	Carroll, IA	Carroll Comm School District	Middle	38.6%	459	69.0%
63	Southeast Middle School	Iowa City, IA	Iowa City Comm School District	Middle	47.4%	1,269	69.3%
64	Susan Clark Junior High	Muscatine, IA	Muscatine Comm School District	Middle	49.4%	544	69.3%
65	Columbus Community Junior High School	Columbus Junction, IA	Columbus Comm School District	Middle	63.5%	104	69.7%
66	Chariton Middle School	Chariton, IA	Chariton Comm School District	Middle	53.9%	284	69.8%
67	Southeast Valley Middle School	Burnside, IA	Southeast Valley Community School District	Middle	47.5%	314	69.8%
68	Prairie Point	Cedar Rapids, IA	College Comm School District	Middle	37.6%	868	69.9%
69	Carlisle Middle School	Carlisle, IA	Carlisle Comm School District	Middle	30.1%	518	70.1%
70	Cardinal Junior High	Eldon, IA	Cardinal Comm School District	Middle	60.8%	314	70.9%
71	Wapello Junior High School	Wapello, IA	Wapello Comm School District	Middle	45.1%	102	71.0%
72	Mount Pleasant Middle School	Mount Pleasant, IA	Mount Pleasant Comm School District	Middle	44.4%	383	71.0%
73	Taft Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	46.5%	593	71.0%
74	Keokuk Middle School	Keokuk, IA	Keokuk Comm School District	Middle	53.3%	381	71.2%
75	Hoover Middle School	Waterloo, IA	Waterloo Comm School District	Middle	56.3%	848	71.3%
76	Boulder Peak Intermediate School	Marion, IA	Linn-Mar Comm School District	Middle	31.5%	613	71.4%
77	Fairfield Middle School	Fairfield, IA	Fairfield Comm School District	Middle	41.0%	410	71.5%
78	East Middle School	Sioux City, IA	Sioux City Comm School District	Middle	62.5%	1,076	71.6%
79	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	43.7%	657	72.2%
80	Perry Middle School	Perry, IA	Perry Comm School District	Middle	57.3%	370	72.3%
81	West Bend-Mallard Middle School	West Bend, IA	West Bend-Mallard Comm School District	Middle	41.7%	132	72.3%
82	Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	16.4%	445	72.4%
83	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Middle	41.4%	892	72.4%
84	Norway Elementary School	Norway, IA	Benton Comm School District	Middle	25.3%	336	72.6%
85	Anamosa Middle School	Anamosa, IA	Anamosa Comm School District	Middle	31.6%	335	72.7%
86	Grinnell Community Middle School	Grinnell, IA	Grinnell-Newburg Comm School District	Middle	34.5%	420	72.8%
87	Creston Middle School	Creston, IA	Creston Comm School District	Middle	54.4%	259	73.2%
88	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	47.0%	645	73.2%
89	Pleasantville Middle School	Pleasantville, IA	Pleasantville Comm School District	Middle	33.6%	128	73.3%
90	Highland Middle School	Riverside, IA	Highland Comm School District	Middle	20.2%	119	73.3%
91	Newell-Fonda Middle School	Newell, IA	Newell-Fonda Comm School District	Middle	41.9%	124	73.4%
92	Starmont Middle School	Arlington, IA	Starmont Comm School District	Middle	45.1%	113	73.7%
93	East Marshall Middle School	Gilman, IA	East Marshall Comm School District	Middle	36.9%	157	73.7%
94	Northwest Middle School	Coralville, IA	Iowa City Comm School District	Middle	45.2%	1,113	73.9%
95	West Monona Middle School	Onawa, IA	West Monona Comm School District	Middle	45.0%	120	73.9%
96	West Sioux Middle School	Hawarden, IA	West Sioux Comm School District	Middle	57.8%	154	74.0%
97	Bettendorf Middle School	Bettendorf, IA	Bettendorf Comm School District	Middle	36.1%	952	74.1%
98	Oskaloosa Middle School	Oskaloosa, IA	Oskaloosa Comm School District	Middle	43.1%	404	74.2%
99	Vernon Middle School	Marion, IA	Marion Independent School District	Middle	37.8%	587	74.2%
100	Tipton Middle School	Tipton, IA	Tipton Comm School District	Middle	23.8%	256	74.4%

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