Bettendorf Middle School

Bettendorf Middle School operates as a substantial 6-8 campus in Bettendorf, Iowa, run under Bettendorf Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 952 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 400 students per school, that is 138% larger than typical.

Bettendorf Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Bettendorf Comm School District, a district that enrolls 4,257 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Bettendorf Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder reads as 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Bettendorf Middle School has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 36% of students at Bettendorf Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Bettendorf Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.9%, the actual is 74.1%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Scott County put the typical household earns roughly $78,277 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Scott County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), of which Bettendorf Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Grant Wood Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bettendorf Middle School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bettendorf Middle School has decreased 13%, going from 1,091 students in 2018 to 952 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 75% to 67%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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