Enrollment
104
Middle
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBUS COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190798000398
Columbus Community Junior High School
1004 Colton St, Columbus Junction, IA 52738 · (319) 728-2233 · Louisa County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL104 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- A-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
20.6:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
66 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 57 | 55% |
| Grade 8 | 47 | 45% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.6%
IA avg 73.6% . -8.5pp since 2023
Math
67.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.6% | 67.7% |
| 2023-24 | 78.1% | 67.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 9 points, placing it in Iowa's top 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 Columbus Community Junior High School
Columbus Community Junior High School's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Community Junior High School this school | 104 | 63.5% | 69.7% |
| Storm Lake Middle School Storm Lake | 651 | 72.8% | 44.6% |
| Lenihan Intermediate School Marshalltown | 655 | 78.3% | 53.6% |
| B R Miller Middle School Marshalltown | 736 | 73.0% | 54.8% |
| Perry Middle School Perry | 370 | 57.3% | 72.3% |
| Denison Middle School Denison | 502 | 70.1% | 76.8% |
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 Columbus Community Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #160 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #172 of 224 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #176 of 224 ▼ 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 104 | #234 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #24 of 237 |
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
104
+4 (+4%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 133
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 104 | 5 | 20.6:1 | 63% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 97 | 4 | 24.0:1 | 72% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 101 | 5 | 20.2:1 | 67% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 100 | 7 | 14.3:1 | 60% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 136 | 5.4 | 25.3:1 | 74% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 114 | 8 | 14.3:1 | 75% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 140 | 10 | 14.0:1 | 70% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 246 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 34% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 133 | 8 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbus Community Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (136 to 104); teachers down 6% (5.4 to 5).
About Columbus Community Junior High School
Columbus Junction, Iowa, is home to Columbus Community Junior High School, a small middle school. The school's enrollment of 104 students covers grades 7 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Iowa average about 400 students each.
Columbus Community Junior High School reports to Columbus Comm School District, which has 3 schools and 707 students.
At Columbus Community Junior High School, Hispanic students make up 51% of the student body. The remaining shares are 34% White and 12% Asian. Louisa County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Columbus Community Junior High School is 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa. About 63% of students, or 66, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Louisa County average 46%.
The allk12 Grade for Columbus Community Junior High School is B-. Compared with Iowa public middle schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school in Iowa with Columbus Community Junior High School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 60.2%. Columbus Community Junior High School scores 69.7%.
Louisa County has about 10,678 residents, and the median household income is $77,354, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Louisa County has 9 public schools and roughly 2,165 students.
Nearby, Columbus Community High School is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Columbus Community Junior High School's average proficiency of 69.7% compares with 67.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns Columbus Community Junior High School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Columbus Community Junior High School's enrollment climbed 4%, to 104. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.3 to 20.6 over 4 years.
Community posts for Columbus Community Junior High School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Louisa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,678
Census ACS
Median income
$77,354
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,165 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbus Comm School District
- Roundy Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Columbus Community High SchoolHigh · 220 students
Other schools in Columbus Junction
- Roundy Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Columbus Community High SchoolHigh · 220 students
Nearby schools
- Columbus Community High School0.0 mi · 220
- Roundy Elementary School0.2 mi · 383
- Louisa-Muscatine Elementary8.7 mi · 468
- Louisa-Muscatine JR/SR High School8.9 mi · 353
- WACO Elementary School9.7 mi · 317
- Winfield-Mt Union Jr-Sr High School10.6 mi · 198
Frequently asked questions
About Columbus Community Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Columbus Community Junior High School?
Columbus Community Junior High School enrolls approximately 104 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Columbus Community Junior High School serve?
Columbus Community Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Columbus Community Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Columbus Community Junior High School is approximately 20.6:1 (5 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Columbus Community Junior High School?
Columbus Community Junior High School reports a student body of 34% White, 51% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Columbus Community Junior High School in?
Columbus Community Junior High School is part of Columbus Comm School District.
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