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Enrollment
613
Middle
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINN-MAR COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191722002274
Boulder Peak Intermediate School
3920 35th Avenue, Marion, IA 52302 · (319) 200-1700 · Linn County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Iowa public middle schools
- CTest 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.
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
13.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
193 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
6
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 | 277 | 45% |
| Grade 6 | 336 | 55% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.3%
IA avg 73.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
73.1%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.3% | 73.1% |
| 2023-24 | 76.5% | 75.6% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 Boulder Peak Intermediate School
Boulder Peak Intermediate School's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Peak Intermediate School this school | 613 | 31.5% | 71.4% |
| Excelsior Middle School Marion | 594 | 28.5% | 81.1% |
| Holmes Junior High School Cedar Falls | 628 | 25.2% | 85.3% |
| Clear Creek Amana Middle School Tiffin | 702 | 27.6% | 78.5% |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School Dubuque | 1,081 | 33.3% | 77.3% |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Middle School Sergeant Bluff | 400 | 33.8% | 85.4% |
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 Boulder Peak Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #149 of 224 | #10 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #135 of 224 ▼ 26 | #10 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #143 of 224 ▼ 4 | #11 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #50 of 246 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #60 of 180 | #5 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #83 of 180 | #11 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #161 of 237 | #10 of 17 |
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
613
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 613 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 31% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 31% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 39.5 | 14.8:1 | 28% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 28% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boulder Peak Intermediate School.
About Boulder Peak Intermediate School
Boulder Peak Intermediate School is a middle school located in Marion, Iowa, in Linn County. The school has 613 students in 2024-25 across grades 5 through 6. By comparison, middle schools in Iowa enroll about 400 students on average.
The district, Linn-Mar Comm School District, has 7,361 students enrolled across 12 schools.
More than half of the students at Boulder Peak Intermediate School are White (78%). The remaining shares are 9% multiracial, 5% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The diversity index for Boulder Peak Intermediate School is 37%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Boulder Peak Intermediate School, which has 45. Middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Boulder Peak Intermediate School is about 31%. For comparison, public schools in Linn County average 40%.
Boulder Peak Intermediate 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 22% of Iowa public middle schools.
Boulder Peak Intermediate School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (71.4%) and its predicted rate (76.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Iowa schools.
Looking at the county, Linn County, median household income comes to about $77,649, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 83, with about 36,480 students.
Of the public schools around it, Boulder Peak Intermediate School is closest to Linn Grove Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 76.5%; Boulder Peak Intermediate School's is 71.4%, ranking 6th of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 4 years, from 645 in 2020-21 to 613 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.0:1 to 13.6:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Boulder Peak Intermediate School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$77,649
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
36,480 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Linn-Mar Comm School District
- Linn-Mar High SchoolHigh · 2,229 students
- Excelsior Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Hazel Point Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Echo Hill ElementaryElementary · 536 students
- Oak Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- Westfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
Other schools in Marion
- Linn-Mar High SchoolHigh · 2,229 students
- Marion High SchoolHigh · 735 students
- Excelsior Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Hazel Point Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Echo Hill ElementaryElementary · 536 students
Nearby schools
- Linn Grove Elementary School1.1 mi · 385
- Wilkins Elementary School1.3 mi · 348
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 354
- Excelsior Middle School1.5 mi · 594
- Linn-Mar High School1.6 mi · 2,229
- Longfellow Elementary1.8 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Boulder Peak Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Boulder Peak Intermediate School?
Boulder Peak Intermediate School enrolls approximately 613 students in grades 05-06.
Is Boulder Peak Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boulder Peak Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boulder Peak Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boulder Peak Intermediate School is approximately 13.6:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Boulder Peak Intermediate School?
Boulder Peak Intermediate School reports a student body of 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Boulder Peak Intermediate School in?
Boulder Peak Intermediate School is part of Linn-Mar Comm School District.
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