Enrollment
100
Middle
DISTRICT 130 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAIR-CASEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190309002236
Adair-Casey Jr. High School
3384 Indigo Ave., Adair, IA 50002 · (641) 746-2241 · Guthrie County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL100 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Iowa public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
40 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 60 | 60% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 40% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Adair-Casey Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
81.2%
IA avg 73.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
79.2%
IA avg 70.9% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.2% | 79.2% |
| 2023-24 | 79.8% | 84.6% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 10 points, placing it in Iowa's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Adair-Casey Jr. High School
Adair-Casey Jr. High School's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adair-Casey Jr. High School this school | 100 | 40.0% | 81.9% |
| North Iowa Middle School Buffalo Center | 115 | 38.3% | 76.7% |
| Montezuma Junior High School Montezuma | 106 | 39.6% | 81.2% |
| Pierson Middle School Pierson | 126 | 38.1% | N/A |
| Wapello Junior High School Wapello | 102 | 45.1% | 71.0% |
| Schaller-Crestland Ridge View Middle School Early | 126 | 42.1% | 79.0% |
Matched among Iowa middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Adair-Casey Jr. High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #54 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #80 of 224 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #81 of 224 ▲ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 100 | #236 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #115 of 237 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
100
-8 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 9.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 100 | 7.9 | 12.7:1 | 40% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 84 | 8.5 | 9.9:1 | 39% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 103 | 12.2 | 8.5:1 | 33% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 108 | 11 | 9.8:1 | 41% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 123 | 12.3 | 10.0:1 | 35% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adair-Casey Jr. High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (123 to 100); teachers down 36% (12.3 to 7.9).
About Adair-Casey Jr. High School
Adair-Casey Jr. High School is a small middle school that serves part of Adair, Iowa. The school had 100 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Iowa) has about 400 students.
Adair-Casey Comm School District includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 260 students.
White students are the large majority at Adair-Casey Jr. High School, with 88% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Hispanic and 2% Pacific Islander. The chance that two students picked at random at Adair-Casey Jr. High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 22%.
Adair-Casey Jr. High School operates with 7.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1. About 40% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for Adair-Casey Jr. High School is A-. Compared with Iowa public middle schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Adair-Casey Jr. High School is in the top 10% of Iowa schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.9%. The school's actual rate is 81.9%, 9.9 points higher.
In Guthrie County (population about 10,688), median household income is about $77,711, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Adair-Casey Jr. High School is one of 9 public schools in Guthrie County, which together enroll about 1,858 students.
Adair-Casey Elementary School is the public school closest to Adair-Casey Jr. High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Local comparison: Adair-Casey Jr. High School ranks 1st of 5 nearby schools, at 81.9% versus a 75.0% average.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 108 in 2020-21 and 100 in 2024-25, a decrease of 8 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.8:1 to 12.7:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Guthrie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,688
Census ACS
Median income
$77,711
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,858 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adair-Casey Comm School District
- Adair-Casey Elementary SchoolElementary · 160 students
Nearby schools
- Adair-Casey Elementary School0.0 mi · 160
- Iowa Connections Academy Middle School10.8 mi · 308
- Iowa Connections Academy Elementary10.8 mi · 216
- Iowa Connections Academy High School10.8 mi · 1,022
- CAM Jr./Sr. High School10.9 mi · 188
- Guthrie Center High School11.4 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About Adair-Casey Jr. High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Adair-Casey Jr. High School?
Adair-Casey Jr. High School enrolls approximately 100 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Adair-Casey Jr. High School serve?
Adair-Casey Jr. High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Adair-Casey Jr. High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Adair-Casey Jr. High School is approximately 12.7:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Adair-Casey Jr. High School?
At Adair-Casey Jr. High School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is Adair-Casey Jr. High School in?
Adair-Casey Jr. High School is part of Adair-Casey Comm School District.
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