ADM Middle School

ADM Middle School operates as a medium-sized junior high in Adel, Iowa, run under Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 352 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,278 students; ADM Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ADM Middle School reports that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ADM Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 81.9%; this one delivers 84.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dallas County shows median household income runs about $102,379, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,938 students), ADM Middle School is one campus in the mix.

ADM Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around ADM Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ADM Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 86.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 406 students in 2018 compared to 352 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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