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Enrollment
790
Middle
DISTRICT 418 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192061002240
Berg Middle School
1900 N 5th Ave E, Newton, IA 50208 · (641) 792-7741 · Jasper County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL790 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Iowa public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.0:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
422 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 5 | 195 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 201 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 195 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 25% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Berg Middle School→Newton Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Newton Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
61.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 61.6% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 58.7% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Berg Middle School
Berg Middle School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berg Middle School this school | 790 | 53.4% | 61.0% |
| Spencer Middle School Spencer | 514 | 48.4% | 79.0% |
| Gerald W Kirn Middle School Council Bluffs | 913 | 48.5% | 66.3% |
| Lincoln Intermediate Mason City | 485 | 53.2% | 65.6% |
| Keokuk Middle School Keokuk | 381 | 53.3% | 71.2% |
| Clinton Middle School Clinton | 745 | 55.3% | 64.2% |
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 Berg Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #191 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #187 of 224 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #188 of 224 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 790 | #25 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #79 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #102 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #51 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #46 of 103 |
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
790
-88 (-10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 790 | 56.5 | 14.0:1 | 53% (422) |
| 2023-24 | 823 | 53.8 | 15.3:1 | 55% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 841 | 60.7 | 13.9:1 | 55% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 878 | 61 | 14.4:1 | 46% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 915 | 62.5 | 14.6:1 | 57% (519) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berg Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (915 to 790); teachers down 10% (62.5 to 56.5).
About Berg Middle School
Berg Middle School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school, is located in Newton, Iowa. The school offers grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 790 students. Across middle schools in Iowa, the average enrollment is about 400.
Newton Comm School District operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,929 students.
White students are 84% of those enrolled at Berg Middle School. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 56.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.0:1. Compared with the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Jasper County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Iowa public middle schools, Berg Middle School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Berg Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.0%, compared with a predicted 65.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Jasper County area, median household income comes to about $71,311, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Jasper County counts 18 public schools with about 5,668 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Aurora Heights Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 6. On average proficiency, Berg Middle School is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment decreased 10% over 4 years, reaching 790 in 2024-25.
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Jasper County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,954
Census ACS
Median income
$71,311
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,668 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton Comm School District
- Newton Senior High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Emerson Hough Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Aurora Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- WEST Academy Alternative SchoolHigh · 51 students
Other schools in Newton
- Newton Senior High SchoolHigh · 806 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Emerson Hough Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
- Aurora Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 260 students
- WEST Academy Alternative SchoolHigh · 51 students
Nearby schools
- Aurora Heights Elementary School0.6 mi · 260
- Emerson Hough Elementary School1.0 mi · 336
- Newton Senior High School1.5 mi · 806
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary School2.0 mi · 306
- WEST Academy Alternative School2.3 mi · 51
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School2.6 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Berg Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Berg Middle School?
Berg Middle School enrolls approximately 790 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Berg Middle School serve?
Berg Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Berg Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Berg Middle School is approximately 14.0:1 (57 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Berg Middle School?
Berg Middle School reports a student body of 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Berg Middle School in?
Berg Middle School is part of Newton Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.