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Enrollment
952
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETTENDORF COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190486000143
Bettendorf Middle School
2030 Middle Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722 · (563) 359-3686 · Scott County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL952 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Iowa public middle schools
- C+Test 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
16.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
344 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 6 | 322 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 335 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 295 | 31% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Bettendorf Middle School→Bettendorf High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bettendorf Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.4%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
75.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.4% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 78.2% | 73.8% |
% 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Bettendorf Middle School
Bettendorf Middle School's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bettendorf Middle School this school | 952 | 36.1% | 74.1% |
| Southeast Polk Middle School Altoona | 1,112 | 41.0% | 79.0% |
| Prairie Creek Cedar Rapids | 846 | 34.2% | 67.5% |
| North Central Middle School North Liberty | 925 | 27.7% | 76.7% |
| Prairie Point Cedar Rapids | 868 | 37.6% | 69.9% |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School Dubuque | 1,081 | 33.3% | 77.3% |
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 Bettendorf Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #128 of 224 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #109 of 224 ▲ 12 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #151 of 224 ▼ 28 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 952 | #11 of 246 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #156 of 180 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #52 of 180 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #136 of 237 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #50 of 103 | #5 of 6 |
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
952
-136 (-12%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,006
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 952 | 57.9 | 16.4:1 | 36% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 961 | 65.4 | 14.7:1 | 34% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 987 | 71.4 | 13.8:1 | 32% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 1,088 | 75 | 14.5:1 | 34% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 1,091 | 74.2 | 14.7:1 | 37% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 1,083 | 68 | 15.9:1 | 33% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 1,035 | 65 | 15.9:1 | 28% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 1,003 | 67 | 15.0:1 | 13% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 1,006 | 69 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bettendorf Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,091 to 952); teachers down 22% (74.2 to 57.9).
About Bettendorf Middle School
Bettendorf Middle School runs as a high-enrollment middle school in Bettendorf, Iowa. Enrollment totals 952 students across grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Iowa enroll around 400, and this school is 138% above that mark.
The district, Bettendorf Comm School District, has 4,257 students enrolled across 7 schools.
At Bettendorf Middle School, 67% of students are White. The school is also 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is lower than the 79% White share among all Scott County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
There are 57.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bettendorf Middle School, giving a ratio of 16.4:1. The school's 16.4:1 compares with an average of 15.2:1 for middle schools in Iowa. By family income, 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 38% average for public schools in Scott County.
Bettendorf Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Iowa public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bettendorf Middle School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 74.1%. Predicted: 73.9%.
For Scott County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $78,277 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Scott County number 53, with about 26,100 students.
Among nearby public schools, Grant Wood Elementary School is closest at about 0.5 miles. Bettendorf Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 75.9% proficiency; Bettendorf Middle School posts 74.1%.
In the federal locale system, Bettendorf Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 12% over 4 years, reaching 952 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.5:1 in 2020-21, and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Bettendorf Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bettendorf Comm School District
- Bettendorf High SchoolHigh · 1,433 students
- Grant Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Paul Norton Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
Other schools in Bettendorf
- Pleasant Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Bettendorf High SchoolHigh · 1,433 students
- Hopewell ElementaryElementary · 658 students
- Riverdale Heights Elem SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Grant Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Grant Wood Elementary School0.5 mi · 433
- Mark Twain Elementary School0.6 mi · 409
- Herbert Hoover Elementary School0.7 mi · 359
- Bettendorf High School0.8 mi · 1,433
- Riverdale Heights Elem School1.1 mi · 628
- Paul Norton Elementary School1.4 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Bettendorf Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bettendorf Middle School?
Bettendorf Middle School enrolls approximately 952 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bettendorf Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bettendorf Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bettendorf Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bettendorf Middle School is approximately 16.4:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bettendorf Middle School?
At Bettendorf Middle School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Bettendorf Middle School public or private?
Bettendorf Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bettendorf Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.