Enrollment
352
Middle
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADEL DESOTO MINBURN COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190315001986
ADM Middle School
801 Nile Kinnick Dr. S., Adel, IA 50003 · (515) 993-3490 · Dallas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
71 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 165 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 187 | 53% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Students here typically continue to
ADM Middle School→ADM Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
93.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
86.3%
IA avg 70.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.3% | 86.3% |
| 2023-24 | 90.9% | 74.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
84.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Iowa's top nor bottom 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 ADM Middle School
ADM Middle School's state test result (84.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADM Middle School this school | 352 | 20.2% | 84.5% |
| DeSoto Intermediate School DeSoto | 337 | 20.2% | 87.1% |
| Roland-Story Middle School Roland | 331 | 20.5% | 86.1% |
| Ballard Middle School Huxley | 418 | 17.7% | 83.9% |
| Pella Middle School Pella | 375 | 15.7% | 88.8% |
| Mount Vernon Middle School Mount Vernon | 425 | 15.8% | 90.1% |
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 ADM Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #31 of 224 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #24 of 224 ▲ 92 | #4 of 10 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.3% | #5 of 224 ▲ 6 | #2 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #117 of 246 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #85 of 180 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #137 of 180 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #212 of 237 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #47 of 103 | N/A |
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
352
-144 (-29%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 352 | 24.9 | 14.1:1 | 20% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 24.6 | 14.0:1 | 19% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 22.7 | 15.1:1 | 20% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 21% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 26.1 | 15.5:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 22% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 25% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 14% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ADM Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (406 to 352); teachers down 5% (26.1 to 24.9).
About ADM Middle School
ADM Middle School is a mid-sized middle school for students in Adel, Iowa. It reported 352 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
ADM Middle School sits within Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District, which has 5 schools and 2,278 students.
By race and ethnicity, ADM Middle School is 89% White. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
ADM Middle School has 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.1:1. The school's 14.1:1 compares with an average of 15.2:1 for middle schools in Iowa. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 20%. That is in line with the 22% average for public schools in Dallas County.
A school with ADM Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 81.9%. ADM Middle School scores 84.5%, 2.6 points above that line.
Dallas County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $102,379 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. ADM Middle School shares Dallas County with 40 other public schools.
The closest school to ADM Middle School is ADM Senior High School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. ADM Middle School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 84.5% against a local average of 86.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, ADM Middle School is Town: Fringe.
A 29% decline took enrollment from 496 in 2020-21 to 352 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to ADM Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,968
Census ACS
Median income
$102,379
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
22,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District
- ADM Senior High SchoolHigh · 666 students
- Meadow View ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- Adel Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- DeSoto Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 337 students
Other schools in Adel
- ADM Senior High SchoolHigh · 666 students
- Meadow View ElementaryElementary · 520 students
- Adel Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
Nearby schools
- ADM Senior High School0.0 mi · 666
- Meadow View Elementary0.8 mi · 520
- Adel Elementary School1.1 mi · 403
- DeSoto Intermediate School5.1 mi · 337
- Dallas Center Elementary5.4 mi · 169
- Dallas Center-Grimes Middle School5.6 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About ADM Middle SchoolHow large is ADM Middle School?
ADM Middle School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does ADM Middle School serve?
ADM Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at ADM Middle School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at ADM Middle School.
How diverse is ADM Middle School?
ADM Middle School reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees ADM Middle School?
ADM Middle School is overseen by Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District in Dallas County.
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