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The lowest-performing public middle schools by test proficiency in Iowa · page 3

Ranks 101–150 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
101	Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School	Sibley, IA	Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm School District	Middle	50.3%	185	74.4%
102	Southwest Valley Middle School	Villisca, IA	Villisca Comm School District	Middle	46.6%	131	74.9%
103	Mid-Prairie Middle School	Kalona, IA	Mid-Prairie Comm School District	Middle	27.2%	415	74.9%
104	Central Lee Middle School	Donnellson, IA	Central Lee Comm School District	Middle	39.3%	394	75.1%
105	Winterset Junior High School	Winterset, IA	Winterset Comm School District	Middle	31.3%	256	75.1%
106	Central DeWitt Middle School	De Witt, IA	Central DeWitt School District	Middle	28.7%	244	75.2%
107	Tri-Center Middle School	Neola, IA	Tri-Center Comm School District	Middle	35.6%	135	75.5%
108	West Branch Middle School	West Branch, IA	West Branch Comm School District	Middle	21.8%	239	75.5%
109	Galva-Holstein Upper Elementary	Galva, IA	Galva-Holstein Comm School District	Middle	43.8%	105	75.7%
110	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Middle School	Sanborn, IA	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm School District	Middle	50.3%	165	75.7%
111	North Fayette Valley Middle School	Elgin, IA	North Fayette Valley Comm School District	Middle	38.1%	312	75.7%
112	Harding Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	Cedar Rapids Comm School District	Middle	43.8%	710	75.8%
113	Missouri Valley Middle School	Missouri Valley, IA	Missouri Valley Comm School District	Middle	46.8%	158	76.2%
114	Atlantic Middle School	Atlantic, IA	Atlantic Comm School District	Middle	44.4%	349	76.4%
115	Ames Middle School	Ames, IA	Ames Comm School District	Middle	31.2%	1,033	76.6%
116	Benton Community Middle School	Van Horne, IA	Benton Comm School District	Middle	21.7%	235	76.6%
117	North Iowa Middle School	Buffalo Center, IA	North Iowa Comm School District	Middle	38.3%	115	76.7%
118	North Central Middle School	North Liberty, IA	Iowa City Comm School District	Middle	27.7%	925	76.7%
119	Forest City Middle School	Forest City, IA	Forest City Comm School District	Middle	41.5%	330	76.8%
120	Denison Middle School	Denison, IA	Denison Comm School District	Middle	70.1%	502	76.8%
121	Emmetsburg Middle School	Emmetsburg, IA	Emmetsburg Comm School District	Middle	40.7%	199	76.9%
122	Remsen-Union Middle School	Remsen, IA	Remsen-Union Comm School District	Middle	28.0%	189	77.0%
123	West Fork Middle School	SHEFFIELD, IA	West Fork Comm School District	Middle	35.4%	161	77.0%
124	Sioux Central Middle School	Sioux Rapids, IA	Sioux Central Comm School District	Middle	48.4%	155	77.1%
125	Sioux Center Middle School	Sioux Center, IA	Sioux Center Comm School District	Middle	47.4%	367	77.2%
126	Monticello Middle School	Monticello, IA	Monticello Comm School District	Middle	34.4%	305	77.2%
127	Winterset Middle School	Winterset, IA	Winterset Comm School District	Middle	30.5%	351	77.3%
128	Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School	Dubuque, IA	Dubuque Comm School District	Middle	33.3%	1,081	77.3%
129	Bondurant-Farrar Junior High	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	19.8%	398	77.4%
130	Ogden Middle School	Ogden, IA	Ogden Comm School District	Middle	19.6%	158	77.4%
131	PCM Middle School	Prairie City, IA	PCM Comm School District	Middle	24.1%	232	77.4%
132	Indianola Middle School	Indianola, IA	Indianola Comm School District	Middle	30.2%	818	77.5%
133	Okoboji Middle School	Milford, IA	Okoboji Comm School District	Middle	31.6%	339	77.5%
134	Webster City Middle School	Webster City, IA	Webster City Comm School District	Middle	49.3%	454	77.5%
135	Central DeWitt Intermediate School	DeWitt, IA	Central DeWitt School District	Middle	33.1%	311	77.6%
136	Spirit Lake Middle School	Spirit Lake, IA	Spirit Lake Comm School District	Middle	28.5%	379	77.7%
137	Rock Valley Middle School	Rock Valley, IA	Rock Valley Comm School District	Middle	62.6%	195	77.9%
138	Osage Middle School	Osage, IA	Osage Comm School District	Middle	35.6%	289	78.1%
139	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	51.9%	661	78.2%
140	Cherokee Middle School	Cherokee, IA	Cherokee Comm School District	Middle	45.3%	329	78.3%
141	Clear Creek Amana Middle School	Tiffin, IA	Clear Creek Amana Comm School District	Middle	27.6%	702	78.5%
142	Clear Lake Middle School	Clear Lake, IA	Clear Lake Comm School District	Middle	32.1%	308	78.8%
143	Schaller-Crestland Ridge View Middle School	Early, IA	Schaller-Crestland Comm School District	Middle	42.1%	126	79.0%
144	Southeast Polk Middle School	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	Middle	41.0%	1,112	79.0%
145	Spencer Middle School	Spencer, IA	Spencer Comm School District	Middle	48.4%	514	79.0%
146	Norwalk Middle School	Norwalk, IA	Norwalk Comm School District	Middle	18.1%	824	79.0%
147	Le Mars Middle School	Le Mars, IA	Le Mars Comm School District	Middle	39.8%	487	79.1%
148	Earlham Middle School	Earlham, IA	Earlham Comm School District	Middle	13.4%	142	79.3%
149	Madrid Junior High School	Madrid, IA	Madrid Comm School District	Middle	22.5%	151	79.5%
150	Woodbury Central Middle School	Moville, IA	Woodbury Central Comm School District	Middle	30.6%	111	79.6%

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