Enrollment
244
Middle
DISTRICT 278 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL DEWITT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190681000287
Central DeWitt Middle School
425 E. 11th St., De Witt, IA 52742 · (563) 659-0735 · Clinton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Iowa public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
12.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
70 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 124 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 120 | 49% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Central DeWitt Middle School→Central DeWitt High School
Feeds from
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.2%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 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 down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.2% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.4% | 76.2% |
% 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
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.6%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Central DeWitt Middle School
Central DeWitt Middle School's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central DeWitt Middle School this school | 244 | 28.7% | 75.2% |
| Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle School Garner | 255 | 28.2% | N/A |
| Grundy Center Middle School Grundy Center | 219 | 31.5% | 88.0% |
| Winterset Junior High School Winterset | 256 | 31.3% | 75.1% |
| Mediapolis Middle School Mediapolis | 222 | 29.7% | 89.1% |
| Clear Lake Middle School Clear Lake | 308 | 32.1% | 78.8% |
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 Central DeWitt Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #119 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #117 of 224 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #154 of 224 ▼ 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #169 of 246 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #17 of 180 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.6% | #127 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #171 of 237 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #46 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
244
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 244 | 19.9 | 12.2:1 | 29% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 19.4 | 11.9:1 | 31% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 21 | 11.0:1 | 33% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 21 | 11.8:1 | 31% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 19.6 | 12.0:1 | 33% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 212 | 19 | 11.2:1 | 32% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 29% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 32 | 12.0:1 | 17% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 30 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central DeWitt Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (235 to 244); teachers up 2% (19.6 to 19.9).
About Central DeWitt Middle School
Central DeWitt Middle School is a middle school in De Witt, Iowa, reachable at (563) 659-0735. The school counts 244 students across grades 7 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Iowa is about 400 students.
Central DeWitt School District includes 4 schools. Together they enroll 1,552 students.
Central DeWitt Middle School enrolls a student body that is 88% White. After that, the student body is 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, Clinton County is about 90% White. Central DeWitt Middle School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 19.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.2:1. The 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Clinton County average 42%.
Measured against Iowa public middle schools, Central DeWitt Middle School 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.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 77.6% at Central DeWitt Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.2%.
Within Clinton County, median household income is about $66,981, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 18 public schools in Clinton County, with a combined enrollment of about 7,129.
The nearest public school is Central DeWitt Intermediate School, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Central DeWitt Middle School places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Central DeWitt Middle School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment went from 247 in 2020-21 to 244 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students.
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Clinton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,268
Census ACS
Median income
$66,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,129 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central DeWitt School District
- Central DeWitt High SchoolHigh · 533 students
- Ekstrand Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
- Central DeWitt Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 311 students
Other schools in De Witt
- Central DeWitt High SchoolHigh · 533 students
- Ekstrand Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Central DeWitt Intermediate School0.1 mi · 311
- Central DeWitt High School0.1 mi · 533
- Ekstrand Elementary School1.1 mi · 464
- Alan Shepard Elementary School9.2 mi · 467
- Neil Armstrong Elementary School9.3 mi · 369
- John Glenn Elementary School11.6 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Central DeWitt Middle SchoolHow many students attend Central DeWitt Middle School?
Central DeWitt Middle School enrolls approximately 244 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Central DeWitt Middle School serve?
Central DeWitt Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Central DeWitt Middle School have?
Central DeWitt Middle School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is Central DeWitt Middle School?
Central DeWitt Middle School reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Central DeWitt Middle School in?
Central DeWitt Middle School is part of Central DeWitt School District.
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