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Enrollment
398
Middle
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BONDURANT-FARRAR COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190507002313
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High
1201 Grant Street, Bondurant, IA 50035 · (515) 957-7970 · Polk County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Iowa public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
79 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 7 | 214 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 46% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High→Bondurant-Farrar High School
Based on grade levels within Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
85.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
74.6%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.7% | 74.6% |
| 2023-24 | 81.8% | 72.1% |
% 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
77.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.0%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Bondurant-Farrar Junior High
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High's state test result (77.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bondurant-Farrar Junior High this school | 398 | 19.8% | 77.4% |
| Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School Bondurant | 445 | 16.4% | 72.4% |
| DC-G Oak View Grimes | 537 | 20.5% | 85.8% |
| ADM Middle School Adel | 352 | 20.2% | 84.5% |
| Jefferson Intermediate Pella | 494 | 16.6% | 81.2% |
| Roland-Story Middle School Roland | 331 | 20.5% | 86.1% |
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 Bondurant-Farrar Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #96 of 224 | #7 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #119 of 224 ▲ 16 | #7 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #46 of 224 ▲ 43 | #3 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #104 of 246 | #20 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #56 of 180 | #4 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.2% | #95 of 180 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #214 of 237 | #18 of 21 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 398 | 29.5 | 13.5:1 | 20% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 28.5 | 14.3:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 25.4 | 17.3:1 | 22% (98) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bondurant-Farrar Junior High.
About Bondurant-Farrar Junior High
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High runs as a medium-sized middle school in Bondurant, Iowa. The school's 398 students are in grades 7 through 8.
In Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District, 5 schools enroll a combined 2,824 students.
White students are the large majority at Bondurant-Farrar Junior High, with 82% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Bondurant-Farrar Junior High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
The school reports 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.5 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 20% of students. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Polk County is 49%.
Measured against Iowa public middle schools, Bondurant-Farrar Junior High receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bondurant-Farrar Junior High is 4.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 77.4%. Predicted: 82.0%.
Polk County has these Census figures: median household income is about $83,576, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Polk County number 137 and enroll about 77,436.
The school nearest to Bondurant-Farrar Junior High is Bondurant-Farrar High School, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Bondurant-Farrar Junior High places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Bondurant-Farrar Junior High. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District
- Bondurant-Farrar High SchoolHigh · 849 students
- Morris ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 445 students
Other schools in Bondurant
- Bondurant-Farrar High SchoolHigh · 849 students
- Morris ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 445 students
Nearby schools
- Bondurant-Farrar High School0.1 mi · 849
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate School1.1 mi · 445
- Anderson Elementary School1.2 mi · 531
- Morris Elementary1.3 mi · 601
- Altoona Elementary4.6 mi · 429
- Willowbrook Elementary4.6 mi · 523
Frequently asked questions
About Bondurant-Farrar Junior HighHow large is Bondurant-Farrar Junior High?
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High enrolls approximately 398 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Bondurant-Farrar Junior High serve?
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High serves grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Bondurant-Farrar Junior High?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Bondurant-Farrar Junior High.
How diverse is Bondurant-Farrar Junior High?
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High reports a student body of 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bondurant-Farrar Junior High public or private?
Bondurant-Farrar Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District.
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