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The public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Polk County, Iowa

21 public middle schools in Polk County, Iowa appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. Indian Hills Junior High School leads the list at 12.8:1, against a median of 15.3:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Polk County, Iowa

Best Students/teacher

12.8:1

Median Students/teacher

15.3:1

LOWEST RATIO · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	661	12.8:1
2	Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	445	13.4:1
3	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	West Des Moines Comm School District	Middle	645	13.4:1
4	Bondurant-Farrar Junior High	Bondurant, IA	Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District	Middle	398	13.5:1
5	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	488	14.1:1
6	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	688	14.2:1
7	Parkview Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	865	14.3:1
8	Woodside Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Saydel Comm School District	Middle	396	14.4:1
9	Prairie Ridge Middle School	Ankeny, IA	Ankeny Comm School District	Middle	1,004	14.9:1
10	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	Urbandale Comm School District	Middle	892	15.2:1
11	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	511	15.3:1
12	Summit Middle School	Johnston, IA	Johnston Comm School District	Middle	1,118	15.4:1
13	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	603	15.8:1
14	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	553	15.8:1
15	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	455	15.8:1
16	Southeast Polk Middle School	Altoona, IA	Southeast Polk Comm School District	Middle	1,112	15.9:1
17	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	662	16.4:1
18	North Polk Middle School	Alleman, IA	North Polk Comm School District	Middle	504	16.4:1
19	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	641	16.4:1
20	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	657	16.8:1
21	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	Des Moines Independent Comm School District	Middle	670	16.8:1

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