Enrollment
169
Middle
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBURNETT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190330002193
Alburnett Middle School
131 Roosevelt Street, Alburnett, IA 52202 · (319) 842-2263 · Linn County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL169 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Iowa public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.5:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
21 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 6 | 62 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 33% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
Alburnett Middle School→Alburnett Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Alburnett Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
90.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
90.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.9% | 90.4% |
| 2023-24 | 92.9% | 88.7% |
% 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
88.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% 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 Alburnett Middle School
Alburnett Middle School's state test result (88.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alburnett Middle School this school | 169 | 12.4% | 88.5% |
| Earlham Middle School Earlham | 142 | 13.4% | 79.3% |
| Hinton Intermediate School Hinton | 191 | 13.1% | 81.7% |
| Treynor Middle School Treynor | 197 | 14.2% | 90.8% |
| Denver Middle School Denver | 238 | 13.0% | 92.7% |
| Underwood Middle School Underwood | 184 | 17.4% | 84.8% |
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 Alburnett Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #11 of 224 | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.4% | #10 of 224 ▲ 3 | #1 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.9% | #12 of 224 ▼ 4 | #2 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 169 | #194 of 246 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #231 of 237 | #17 of 17 |
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
169
-8 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 169 | 10.9 | 15.5:1 | 12% (21) |
| 2023-24 | 170 | 10.9 | 15.6:1 | 18% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 10 | 18.8:1 | 18% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 177 | 7 | 25.3:1 | 21% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 141 | 5 | 28.3:1 | 16% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 135 | 8 | 16.9:1 | 21% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alburnett Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (141 to 169); teachers up 118% (5 to 10.9).
About Alburnett Middle School
Alburnett Middle School is a middle school in Alburnett, Iowa, reachable at (319) 842-2263. The school had 169 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Iowa) has about 400 students.
The 3 schools of Alburnett Comm School District, including Alburnett Middle School, enroll 857 students.
About 95% of the student body at Alburnett Middle School is White. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial. That compares with about 84% White among all Linn County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 10.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Alburnett Middle School was 15.5:1. That is close to the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa. Alburnett Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 12%. Across public schools in Linn County, the average is 40%.
Alburnett Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of Iowa public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Alburnett Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 88.5%, compared with a predicted 85.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Linn County, the median household income is $77,649, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Linn County is home to 83 public schools and about 36,480 public school students.
The shortest distance from Alburnett Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Alburnett Senior High School. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Alburnett Middle School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes Alburnett Middle School as Rural: Fringe.
2024-25 enrollment was 169, a 5% decrease from 177 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 25.3:1 to 15.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Alburnett Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alburnett Comm School District
- Alburnett Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Alburnett Senior High SchoolHigh · 293 students
Other schools in Alburnett
- Alburnett Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Alburnett Senior High SchoolHigh · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Alburnett Senior High School0.0 mi · 293
- Alburnett Elementary School0.0 mi · 395
- Hazel Point Intermediate School5.2 mi · 563
- Echo Hill Elementary5.2 mi · 536
- Oak Ridge Middle School5.5 mi · 534
- Westfield Elementary School6.2 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Alburnett Middle SchoolHow large is Alburnett Middle School?
Alburnett Middle School enrolls approximately 169 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Alburnett Middle School serve?
Alburnett Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Alburnett Middle School have?
Alburnett Middle School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Alburnett Middle School?
Student demographics at Alburnett Middle School are roughly 95% White, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Alburnett Middle School?
Alburnett Middle School is overseen by Alburnett Comm School District in Linn County.
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