Carlisle Middle School

As a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Carlisle, Iowa, Carlisle Middle School instructs 518 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Carlisle Comm School District. That puts it 30% bigger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 400 students.

Carlisle Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Carlisle Comm School District, a district that works with 2,290 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Carlisle Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Warren County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Carlisle Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Carlisle Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.9%, the actual is 70.1%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Warren County shows median household income runs about $94,588, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carlisle Middle School is one of 20 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 10,473 students).

Nearest neighbor: Carlisle Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carlisle Middle School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 60.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 11%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 78% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Carlisle Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.