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The smallest public middle schools in Polk County, Iowa

Across Polk County, Iowa, 21 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the smallest total enrollment (schools with at least 10 students). Woodside Middle School leads the list at 396, against a median of 645 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Polk County, Iowa

Best Students

396

Median Students

645

SMALLEST · POLK COUNTY, IOWA

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

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