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The most racially diverse public middle schools in Iowa

Across Iowa, 180 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Meredith Middle School leads the list at 77.5%, against a median of 32.8% 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

180

Iowa

Top Diversity index

77.5%

Median Diversity index

32.8%

MOST DIVERSE · IOWA

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Meredith Middle School	Des Moines, IA	662	77.5%	23.1%(153)	30.2%(200)	22.1%(146)	15.7%(104)
2	Central Middle School	Waterloo, IA	469	77.0%	26.0%(122)	34.1%(160)	14.9%(70)	3.8%(18)
3	Harding Middle School	Des Moines, IA	603	75.0%	15.9%(96)	29.5%(178)	34.3%(207)	10.3%(62)
4	Goodrell Middle School	Des Moines, IA	511	73.9%	33.3%(170)	18.0%(92)	32.5%(166)	7.8%(40)
5	Callanan Middle School	Des Moines, IA	553	72.8%	26.6%(147)	38.5%(213)	21.0%(116)	3.4%(19)
6	Weeks Middle School	Des Moines, IA	688	72.7%	19.3%(133)	17.6%(121)	42.4%(292)	14.1%(97)
7	Wilson Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	422	72.5%	35.8%(151)	32.0%(135)	18.5%(78)	1.2%(5)
8	McCombs Middle School	Des Moines, IA	670	72.4%	25.4%(170)	22.8%(153)	38.8%(260)	7.5%(50)
9	Williams Middle School	Davenport, IA	577	72.3%	39.5%(228)	26.5%(153)	17.7%(102)	2.3%(13)
10	Bunger Middle School	Evansdale, IA	440	72.2%	42.3%(186)	18.4%(81)	23.4%(103)	1.6%(7)
11	Hoyt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	455	70.9%	38.5%(175)	18.5%(84)	32.1%(146)	4.8%(22)
12	Frank L Smart Middle School	Davenport, IA	430	70.7%	38.6%(166)	30.7%(132)	20.2%(87)	0.2%(1)
13	North Middle School	Sioux City, IA	1,136	70.2%	34.0%(386)	11.8%(134)	40.4%(459)	3.5%(40)
14	West Middle School	Sioux City, IA	826	70.1%	27.2%(225)	7.0%(58)	45.6%(377)	2.3%(19)
15	Northwest Middle School	Coralville, IA	1,113	70.0%	42.1%(469)	30.8%(343)	12.3%(137)	9.0%(100)
16	George Washington Carver Academy	Waterloo, IA	455	69.9%	11.9%(54)	47.5%(216)	20.0%(91)	0.2%(1)
17	Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy	Cedar Rapids, IA	484	69.6%	34.3%(166)	40.5%(196)	10.3%(50)	1.4%(7)
18	Sudlow Middle School	Davenport, IA	734	68.5%	45.6%(335)	25.5%(187)	16.8%(123)	0.5%(4)
19	Brody Middle School	Des Moines, IA	641	68.5%	44.8%(287)	12.8%(82)	30.1%(193)	3.6%(23)
20	Wood Middle School	Davenport, IA	629	68.5%	47.2%(297)	25.0%(157)	12.6%(79)	3.2%(20)
21	Liberty Intermediate School	Ottumwa, IA	633	68.2%	47.7%(302)	9.9%(63)	26.2%(166)	3.6%(23)
22	Indian Hills Junior High School	Clive, IA	661	66.5%	50.5%(334)	10.6%(70)	24.1%(159)	7.9%(52)
23	East Middle School	Sioux City, IA	1,076	66.3%	47.4%(510)	7.7%(83)	31.8%(342)	1.5%(16)
24	Southeast Middle School	Iowa City, IA	1,269	66.0%	49.7%(631)	22.2%(282)	18.9%(240)	2.1%(27)
25	Hoover Middle School	Waterloo, IA	848	65.5%	53.3%(452)	19.8%(168)	9.3%(79)	5.7%(48)
26	Hiatt Middle School	Des Moines, IA	488	64.9%	13.3%(65)	20.5%(100)	53.3%(260)	7.2%(35)
27	McKinley STEAM Academy	Cedar Rapids, IA	426	64.4%	50.7%(216)	27.5%(117)	8.0%(34)	0.7%(3)
28	Storm Lake Middle School	Storm Lake, IA	651	62.9%	12.3%(80)	4.3%(28)	56.8%(370)	13.1%(85)
29	South Tama County Middle School	Toledo, IA	413	62.6%	46.7%(193)	0.5%(2)	38.3%(158)	1.4%(6)
30	Merrill Middle School	Des Moines, IA	657	60.4%	58.8%(386)	15.8%(104)	13.2%(87)	3.4%(22)
31	Franklin Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	469	60.4%	57.8%(271)	19.8%(93)	8.3%(39)	1.1%(5)
32	Lenihan Intermediate School	Marshalltown, IA	655	60.1%	27.2%(178)	4.3%(28)	56.3%(369)	7.3%(48)
33	B R Miller Middle School	Marshalltown, IA	736	59.9%	29.9%(220)	3.3%(24)	55.3%(407)	5.7%(42)
34	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Dubuque, IA	402	59.6%	59.5%(239)	18.4%(74)	4.7%(19)	0.5%(2)
35	Stilwell Junior High School	West Des Moines, IA	645	59.5%	59.7%(385)	12.4%(80)	16.1%(104)	4.3%(28)
36	Perry Middle School	Perry, IA	370	58.7%	41.4%(153)	4.3%(16)	48.9%(181)	1.6%(6)
37	South Middle School	Waukee, IA	1,092	57.6%	62.3%(680)	10.3%(113)	8.4%(92)	10.9%(119)
38	Ames Middle School	Ames, IA	1,033	57.6%	62.1%(642)	10.0%(103)	12.5%(129)	7.5%(77)
39	Aldo Leopold Intermediate School	Burlington, IA	412	57.2%	61.2%(252)	15.5%(64)	6.5%(27)	1.0%(4)
40	Urbandale Middle School	Urbandale, IA	892	56.0%	63.3%(565)	8.6%(77)	15.3%(136)	7.0%(62)
41	Edward Stone Middle School	Burlington, IA	452	56.0%	62.6%(283)	15.9%(72)	11.1%(50)	0.0%(0)
42	Sioux Center Middle School	Sioux Center, IA	367	54.5%	52.0%(191)	2.5%(9)	42.8%(157)	0.3%(1)
43	Susan Clark Junior High	Muscatine, IA	544	54.3%	59.4%(323)	4.0%(22)	31.6%(172)	0.7%(4)
44	Clarke Community Middle School	Osceola, IA	289	53.9%	50.5%(146)	1.0%(3)	45.3%(131)	0.3%(1)
45	Robert Blue School	Eagle Grove, IA	268	52.9%	48.1%(129)	0.4%(1)	48.9%(131)	0.0%(0)
46	Harding Middle School	Cedar Rapids, IA	710	52.8%	66.5%(472)	6.8%(48)	11.8%(84)	3.9%(28)
47	Hampton-Dumont Middle School	Hampton, IA	363	52.7%	53.2%(193)	0.8%(3)	43.5%(158)	0.0%(0)
48	George Washington Middle School	Dubuque, IA	584	52.5%	66.4%(388)	14.4%(84)	7.2%(42)	1.4%(8)
49	Summit Middle School	Johnston, IA	1,118	52.3%	66.8%(747)	10.1%(113)	7.2%(80)	11.0%(123)
50	John Adams Middle School	Mason City, IA	463	52.2%	66.7%(309)	9.1%(42)	12.5%(58)	1.3%(6)

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