Boone Middle School

Boone Middle School is one of the mid-sized junior highs in Boone, Iowa, overseen by Boone Comm School District, with 586 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 400 students each, so Boone Middle School sits 47% above that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Boone Comm School District (1,955 students total), Boone Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Boone Middle School shows that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Boone Middle School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Boone Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.8%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of -8.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Boone County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,531 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boone Middle School is one of 15 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 3,735 students).

The closest other public school is Ledges Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Boone Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Boone Middle School has showed little movement, going from 578 students in 2018 to 586 in 2025.

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