1
Enrollment
586
Middle
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOONE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190513000157
Boone Middle School
1640 1st, Boone, IA 50036 · (515) 433-0020 · Boone County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
189 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 132 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 144 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 167 | 28% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Boone Middle School→Boone High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Boone Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
70.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
70.4%
IA avg 70.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.5% | 70.4% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 68.3% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.8%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Boone Middle School
Boone Middle School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boone Middle School this school | 586 | 32.3% | 67.5% |
| Indianola Middle School Indianola | 818 | 30.2% | 77.5% |
| Grinnell Community Middle School Grinnell | 420 | 34.5% | 72.8% |
| Humboldt Middle School Humboldt | 454 | 30.4% | 80.0% |
| West Delaware Middle School Manchester | 378 | 34.1% | 83.1% |
| Mid-Prairie Middle School Kalona | 415 | 27.2% | 74.9% |
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 Boone Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #169 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #157 of 224 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #170 of 224 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #55 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #90 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #144 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.3% | #156 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #53 of 61 |
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
586
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 362
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 586 | 41.2 | 14.2:1 | 32% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 42.2 | 13.9:1 | 34% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 41.7 | 13.9:1 | 39% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 40% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 41.9 | 13.8:1 | 43% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 47% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 42% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 24% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 362 | 26 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boone Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (578 to 586); teachers down 2% (41.9 to 41.2).
About Boone Middle School
Boone Middle School serves students in Boone, Iowa, as a medium-sized middle-grades school. The school enrolls 586 students, from grades 5 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Iowa is about 400, so this school runs 47% larger than that.
The 4 schools of Boone Comm School District, including Boone Middle School, enroll 1,955 students.
Boone Middle School's enrollment is 89% White. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1 at Boone Middle School, with 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa. The school counts 189 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 32%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Boone Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.5%; the prediction is 75.8%.
Boone Middle School is located in Boone County, where the median household income is $83,531, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boone Middle School is one of 15 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Ledges Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Boone Middle School is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes Boone Middle School as Town: Fringe.
Over 4 years, Boone Middle School's enrollment dropped 3%, to 586.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Boone Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,668
Census ACS
Median income
$83,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,735 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boone Comm School District
- Boone High SchoolHigh · 704 students
- Ledges Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCombined
- Page Elementary SchoolCombined
Other schools in Boone
- Boone High SchoolHigh · 704 students
- Ledges Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- United Community SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolCombined
- Page Elementary SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Ledges Elementary School0.7 mi · 336
- Boone High School1.1 mi · 704
- Franklin Elementary School1.8 mi · 329
- United Community School5.1 mi · 329
- Ogden Elementary School8.5 mi · 321
- Ogden Middle School8.8 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About Boone Middle SchoolHow many students attend Boone Middle School?
Boone Middle School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Boone Middle School serve?
Boone Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Boone Middle School have?
Boone Middle School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Boone Middle School?
At Boone Middle School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Boone Middle School public or private?
Boone Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Boone Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.