Enrollment
49
Middle
DISTRICT 83 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARTER OAK-UTE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190711000328
Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School
321 Main St, Charter Oak, IA 51439 · (712) 678-3325 · Crawford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL49 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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.
- B+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
19.6:1
3 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
28 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 6 | 16 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 14 | 29% |
Student demographics
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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
IA avg 73.6% . +11.7pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +11.7pp 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 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 63.3% |
% 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
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 →
Where Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 49 | #244 of 246 |
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
49
-18 (-27%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 59
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 49 | 2.5 | 19.6:1 | 57% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 61 | 4 | 15.3:1 | 66% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 57 | 5.3 | 10.8:1 | 65% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 67 | 5 | 13.4:1 | 70% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 47 | 5.9 | 8.0:1 | 36% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 63 | 4 | 15.8:1 | 48% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 43 | N/A | N/A | 49% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 60 | 5 | 12.0:1 | 43% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 59 | 5 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (47 to 49); teachers down 58% (5.9 to 2.5).
About Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School
Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School is a public middle school in Charter Oak, Iowa. The school has 49 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Iowa enroll about 400 students on average.
Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School is one of 2 schools in Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District, which enrolls 166 students in total.
The share of White students at Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School is 88%. Enrollment also includes 10% Hispanic and 2% Black. The school's White share is 21 points above the 66% share among Crawford County residents.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. The school has 2.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Iowa is 15.2:1. In all, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Crawford County is close, at 59%.
Charter Oak-Ute Junior High 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 40% of Iowa public middle schools.
In Iowa, Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 68.5% actual against a predicted 63.4%.
In the surrounding county, Crawford County, median household income comes to about $67,027, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 3,007 students.
Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School ranks 7th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
The school shrank from 67 students in 2020-21 to 49 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.4:1 to 19.6:1.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,277
Census ACS
Median income
$67,027
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,007 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District
- Charter Oak-Ute Elementary SchoolElementary · 117 students
Other schools in Charter Oak
- Charter Oak-Ute Elementary SchoolElementary · 117 students
Nearby schools
- Charter Oak-Ute Elementary School0.0 mi · 117
- Schleswig Middle School10.7 mi · 51
- Schleswig Elementary School10.7 mi · 75
- Boyer Valley Elementary School10.8 mi · 208
- Maple Valley-Anthon Oto High School12.1 mi · 256
- Mapleton Elementary School12.1 mi · 182
Frequently asked questions
About Charter Oak-Ute Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School?
Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School enrolls approximately 49 students in grades 06-08.
Is Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School have?
Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School employs 3 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School?
Student demographics at Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School are roughly 88% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black.
Is Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School public or private?
Charter Oak-Ute Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District.
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